The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2099
Last Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
1:23 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2181
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 236.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -15.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.75° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.75° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.