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The Moon on Tuesday, May 13, 1947: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 48.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Last Quarter at

08:08UTC

Moon phase on May 13, 1947Last Quarter

Tuesday 13 May 1947398,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 13, 1947, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.6% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
398,885 km247,856 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1947 is on Monday, May 5, 1947 at 04:53 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 20, 1947 at 13:44 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 5, 194704:53
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, May 13, 194708:08
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 20, 194713:44

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Tuesday, May 13, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1947 to the new moon of May 20, 1947, a cycle of 29.39 days.