The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 1901
Waning Crescent
38.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
1:20 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.1%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -268
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 | 283.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -4.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.24° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.50° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.49° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| 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.