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The Moon on Wednesday, May 13, 1931: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on May 13, 1931Waning Crescent

Wednesday 13 May 1931403,656 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 13, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.8% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
403,656 km250,820 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1931 is on Saturday, May 2, 1931 at 05:14 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 17, 1931 at 15:28 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 9, 193112:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 17, 193115:28

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Wednesday, May 13, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1931 to the new moon of May 17, 1931, a cycle of 29.60 days.