The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
2:40 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2973
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 | 103.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 58.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 5.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.77° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.22° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.