The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 2085
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2008
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 | 218.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -23.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.28° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.50° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.