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The Moon on Wednesday, May 13, 1942: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on May 13, 1942Waning Crescent

Wednesday 13 May 1942400,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 13, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
400,520 km248,871 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1942 is on Thursday, April 30, 1942 at 22:00 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 15, 1942 at 05:45 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 7, 194212:13
New Moon (after)Friday, May 15, 194205:45

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Wednesday, May 13, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1942 to the new moon of May 15, 1942, a cycle of 29.63 days.