The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
4:42 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 54
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 27.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / 2.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.21° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.44° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.