The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 1914
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
7:11 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -107
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 | 218.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.4° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -28.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.70° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.21° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.