The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 13, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
5:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1934
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 | 155.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 3.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -10.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.79° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.27° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| 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.