The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 1921
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
12:28 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -20
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 | 63.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.04° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.33° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.