The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 2066
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1773
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 | 220.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -24.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.58° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.69° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.