The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
3:06 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 487
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 | 102.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 53.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 11.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.86° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.86° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.