The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 1933
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 128
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 | 219.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -27.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.47° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.51° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.