The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 13, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
4:07 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 858
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 | 142.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.7° / 30.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.58° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.48° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.