The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 13, 2103
First Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
1:57 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2231
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 66.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 13.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.15° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.30° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.