The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 13, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
3:32 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1427
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 47.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.17° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.66° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.