The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 13, 1951
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
2:19 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 351
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 | 83.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 62.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.70° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.07° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.