The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
3:08 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1662
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 14.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.64° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.06° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.