The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 13, 2042
Waning Crescent
40.4% 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
3:14 AM
1:53 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1476
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 | 281.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 232.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.27° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.77° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.