The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 1910
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -156
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 86.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 40m / 26.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.01° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.29° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.