The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 1998
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
7:18 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 932
Events on this date
-
Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 297.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.68° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.14° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.