The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 13, 2175
Last Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
12:57 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3121
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -14.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.38° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.21° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.76° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.