The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 1952
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 363
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 | 217.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -27.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.31° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.31° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| 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.