The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 1906
Waning Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -206
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 | 237.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 267.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.53° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.81° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.