The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2116
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
9:02 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2392
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.1° / 130.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.20° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.75° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 175.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.