The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 2191
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3319
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 | 224.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -28.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.46° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.35° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.