The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
3:39 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1142
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 | 299.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -1.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.07° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.62° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.