The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% 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
7:32 PM
5:45 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2070
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 | 165.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.4° / 343.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -11.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.64° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.06° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.