The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 2199
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
8:02 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3418
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.62° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.73° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.