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The Moon on Thursday, May 13, 1937: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on May 13, 1937Waxing Crescent

Thursday 13 May 1937364,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 13, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.5% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
364,192 km226,299 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1937 is on Tuesday, May 25, 1937 at 07:38 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 10, 1937 at 13:18 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 10, 193713:18
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 17, 193706:49

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Thursday, May 13, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1937 to the new moon of June 8, 1937, a cycle of 29.31 days.