The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 1982
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
9:38 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 734
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 | 230.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 260.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -22.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.36° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.30° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.