The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 13, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
5:18 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1699
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 356.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.73° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / -0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.85° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.