The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 2117
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
4:19 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2404
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 | 133.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 32.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.53° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.02° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.