The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 1979
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
7:01 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 697
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 | 187.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 304.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.63° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.36° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.