The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 12, 1997
Waxing Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
12:59 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 920
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 | 70.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.26° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.30° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.