The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% 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
7:18 PM
5:36 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1835
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 | 162.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 348.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -10.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.86° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.86° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.