The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 13, 1926
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
10:33 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 42
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 50m / 19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.42° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.91° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.