The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 13, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
5:45 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2305
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 343.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -10.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.69° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.25° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.