The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 13, 1952
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
9:22 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 363
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.72° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.50° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.