The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 13, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
5:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 895
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 | 163.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.3° / 348.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.61° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.66° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.