The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 2072
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
3:25 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1847
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 226.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -4.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.30° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.80° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.