The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 13, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
2:55 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 821
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 | 101.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 56.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 9.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.75° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.47° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.