The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2093
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
7:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2107
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.36° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.91° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.