The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 13, 2154
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
10:11 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2862
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.2° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 10m / 24.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.18° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.10° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.