The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 2069
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
11:39 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1810
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 | 251.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.35° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.92° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.73° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.