The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
9:28 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1068
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -24.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.28° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.68° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.