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The Moon on Thursday, May 13, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on May 13, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 13 May 1943399,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 13, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.5% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
399,560 km248,275 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1943 is on Wednesday, May 19, 1943 at 21:13 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 4, 1943 at 09:43 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 12, 194309:53
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 19, 194321:13

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Thursday, May 13, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1943 to the new moon of June 2, 1943, a cycle of 29.53 days.