The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
3:47 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -181
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 | 137.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 43.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / 1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.89° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.53° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.