The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 13, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
3:42 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1563
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 42.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -6.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.62° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.26° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.