The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 1977
Waning Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
3:40 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 672
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 | 299.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 228.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / -0.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.49° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.99° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.