The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 2091
Waning Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
3:14 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2082
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 227.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -5.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.96° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.38° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.