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The Moon on Friday, May 13, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

15.2days

Moon phase on May 13, 1949Waning Gibbous

Friday 13 May 1949368,309 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 13, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
368,309 km228,857 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1949 is on Thursday, May 12, 1949 at 12:51 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 1949 at 22:24 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 12, 194912:51
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 19, 194919:22

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Friday, May 13, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1949 to the new moon of May 27, 1949, a cycle of 29.60 days.