The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 13, 1949
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
6:46 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 326
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 | 195.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -25.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.83° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.52° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| 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.