The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 2198
Waxing Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
1:03 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3406
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 | 71.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 74.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.35° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.68° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.