The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 2092
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
12:58 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2095
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.82° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.51° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.