The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 13, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
3:37 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 487
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 46.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / 8.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.68° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.65° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.