The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 13, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
2:09 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -218
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 64.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.72° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.34° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.