The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 13, 2066
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
9:54 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1773
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -21.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.24° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.87° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| 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.