The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 13, 2001
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
11:13 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 969
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 248.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.81° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.28° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.