The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 1922
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
7:37 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -8
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 | 198.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.53° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.13° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.