The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 13, 2021
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
10:39 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1217
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.42° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.09° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.