The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 13, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
3:50 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 388
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 | 133.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.92° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.05° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| 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.