The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 1976
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
5:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 660
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.8° / 347.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.61° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.46° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.