The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 12, 2007
Waning Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
3:52 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1043
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 224.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / -1.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.78° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.03° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| 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.