The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 13, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
5:20 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -45
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 345.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.91° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.66° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.