The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 13, 1978
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
1:04 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 685
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 | 71.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 73.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 14.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.32° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.89° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.