The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
3:38 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 858
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 | 129.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / -5.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.70° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.67° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.