The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 13, 2104
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2243
Events on this date
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Venus 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 | 219.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.52° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.30° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.