The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 13, 1979
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
7:45 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 697
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 | 200.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.34° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.54° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.