The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
2:39 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -119
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,100 km.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 59.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 3.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.61° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.55° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.