The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 13, 2142
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2713
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 | 222.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -21.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.18° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.68° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.