The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 13, 1960
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
8:40 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 462
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.98° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.91° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.