The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 13, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
4:12 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 957
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 | 125.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.66° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.08° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.