The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 1912
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
3:09 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -132
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 | 307.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / -2.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.76° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.95° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.