The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
5:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 425
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.4° / 347.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -14.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.35° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.26° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.