The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 1944
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
9:55 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 264
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 | 233.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 259.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.56° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.91° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.