The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 13, 1991
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
8:32 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 845
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 | 352.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.3° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 20.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.13° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.60° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| 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.