The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
3:37 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1798
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 | 127.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 44.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -4.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.71° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.65° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.