The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 1980
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
6:33 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 709
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,200 km.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.6° / 182.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.65° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.13° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.