The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 2137
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
1:18 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2651
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 237.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -14.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.20° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.15° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.