The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 13, 1912
Waning Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
4:15 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -132
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.0° / 227.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 3.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.64° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.19° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.