The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 2138
Waxing Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2664
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 15m / 27.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.34° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.00° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.