The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 13, 1972
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
9:51 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 611
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
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 | 7.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.1° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.03° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.97° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 229.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.