The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2161
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
8:48 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2948
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 | 218.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -21.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.59° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / -2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.30° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.