The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 13, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
3:36 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1192
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 46.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 10.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.02° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.48° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.