The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 13, 1902
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
12:21 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -255
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 80.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.10° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.59° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.42° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.