The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 13, 1990
Waning Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 833
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -26.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.83° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.90° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.