The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 12, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
4:43 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 895
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 | 149.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 15.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -9.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.95° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.84° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.