The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 13, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
5:06 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 54
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 | 145.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 15.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -2.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.10° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.25° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.