The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 13, 2018
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
6:38 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1179
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.9° / 179.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 6.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.70° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.73° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.