The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 1909
Last Quarter
52.4% 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
1:36 AM
11:31 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -169
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.72° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.86° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.