The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 PM
3:33 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2033
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 | 125.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / -3.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.80° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.05° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.