The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 2186
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
1:51 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3257
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 | 280.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 233.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -13.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.77° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.98° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.