The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2012
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
5:48 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1105
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.7° / 327.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.66° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.