The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 1972
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
8:33 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 610
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.4° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.77° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.79° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.