The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
5:17 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2206
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.3° / 334.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.96° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.85° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.