The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
2:40 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 17
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 | 96.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 12.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.41° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.25° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.