The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 2164
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
12:00 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2985
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -13.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.98° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.34° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.