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The Moon on Sunday, May 13, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on May 13, 1951Waxing Crescent

Sunday 13 May 1951398,173 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 13, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.0% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
398,173 km247,413 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1951 is on Monday, May 21, 1951 at 05:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 1951 at 01:36 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 6, 195101:36
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 14, 195105:32

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Sunday, May 13, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1951 to the new moon of June 4, 1951, a cycle of 29.63 days.