The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 2081
Waxing Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
12:08 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1959
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 | 46.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 77.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 27.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.50° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.97° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.