The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 12, 1994
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 AM
10:33 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 883
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 | 21.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.8° / 103.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.09° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.46° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.