The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
3:31 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 722
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 | 110.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 48.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.00° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.06° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.