The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 2115
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2379
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 | 222.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -26.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.30° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.30° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.