The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
3:12 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2837
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 | 99.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.62° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.45° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.