The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
4:57 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1699
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
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Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 14.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -6.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.90° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.04° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.