The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 2107
Waning Gibbous
72.3% 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
12:34 AM
10:57 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2280
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 | 243.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.91° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.92° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.