The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 13, 1939
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
3:15 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 202
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 | 294.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -1.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.42° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.59° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.