The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 13, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
3:06 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 252
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 | 103.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 10.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.85° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / -1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.44° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.