The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 13, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
3:32 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1093
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 | 127.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 45.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.04° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.86° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.