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The Moon on Thursday, May 13, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on May 13, 1926Waxing Crescent

Thursday 13 May 1926384,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 13, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
384,684 km239,031 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1926 is on Thursday, May 27, 1926 at 11:49 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 1926 at 22:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 11, 192622:55
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 19, 192617:48

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Thursday, May 13, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1926 to the new moon of June 10, 1926, a cycle of 29.47 days.