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The Moon on Sunday, May 13, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on May 13, 1945Waxing Crescent

Sunday 13 May 1945365,771 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 13, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
365,771 km227,279 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1945 is on Sunday, May 27, 1945 at 01:49 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 1945 at 20:22 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 11, 194520:22
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 18, 194522:12

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Sunday, May 13, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1945 to the new moon of June 10, 1945, a cycle of 29.34 days.