The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 1936
Waning Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
11:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 165
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 | 250.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.77° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.52° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.52° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.