The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 2100
Waxing Crescent
10.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.2%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2194
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 28.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.96° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.40° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.