The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 13, 1950
Waning Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
5:41 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 338
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 | 323.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 204.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.73° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.07° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.