The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 1917
Waning Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 AM
10:26 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -70
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 | 251.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.36° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.22° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.