The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 12, 1996
Waning Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
3:50 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 907
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 | 301.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 226.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -0.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.80° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.81° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.