The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 2197
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
4:40 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3393
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 | 310.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.4° / 223.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / 5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.99° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.45° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.