The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 13, 1961
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
7:37 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 474
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.4° / 159.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 10.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.87° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.56° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.