The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 13, 2016
First Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
2:07 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1155
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.81° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.85° / 3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.30° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.