The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 13, 2162
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
8:14 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2960
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.8° / 147.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.77° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.21° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.