The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 1930
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
6:06 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 91
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.0° / 312.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.43° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 220.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.