The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 1993
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
12:21 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 260.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.48° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.70° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.