The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 1905
First Quarter
54.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
1:30 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -218
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 11.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.73° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.54° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.