The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2139
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
5:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2676
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 | 163.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.0° / 348.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.59° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.44° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.