The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 13, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
5:44 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 190
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 | 172.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 328.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -17.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.38° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.89° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.