The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 2063
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
5:54 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1736
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 304.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -23.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.46° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 181.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.