The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 13, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
5:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 289
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 | 153.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.0° / 4.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -5.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.43° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.46° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.