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The Moon on Thursday, May 8, 1913: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on May 8, 1913Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 May 1913383,007 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 8, 1913, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
383,007 km237,989 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1913 is on Tuesday, May 20, 1913 at 07:18 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 6, 1913 at 08:24 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 6, 191308:24
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 13, 191311:45

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Thursday, May 8, 1913 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1913 to the new moon of June 4, 1913, a cycle of 29.48 days.