The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 2156
Last Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
1:07 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2886
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.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -14.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.17° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.23° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.97° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.