The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 13, 2023
Waning Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
2:08 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1241
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.69° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.96° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.