The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
5:02 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 759
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 | 146.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 15.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.28° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.06° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.