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The Moon on Monday, May 13, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on May 13, 1940Waxing Crescent

Monday 13 May 1940376,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 13, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.0% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
376,716 km234,080 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1940 is on Tuesday, May 21, 1940 at 13:33 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 7, 1940 at 12:07 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 7, 194012:07
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 14, 194020:51

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Monday, May 13, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1940 to the new moon of June 6, 1940, a cycle of 29.54 days.