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The Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1913: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on May 15, 1913Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 May 1913368,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 15, 1913, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.5% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
368,253 km228,822 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1913 is on Tuesday, May 20, 1913 at 07:18 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 6, 1913 at 08:24 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 13, 191311:45
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 20, 191307:18

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Thursday, May 15, 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.