The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 13, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
4:57 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1229
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 | 146.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 16.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.07° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.45° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.