The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 1960
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
7:44 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 462
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.95° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.73° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| 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.