The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 13, 1915
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
7:39 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -95
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.4° / 177.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 52m / 21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.06° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.11° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.