The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 PM
4:59 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 289
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 19.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.34° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.65° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.