The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 2175
Waning Gibbous
61.3% 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
1:56 AM
11:45 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3121
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 | 257.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.94° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.46° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.55° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| 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.