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The Moon on Thursday, May 13, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on May 13, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 13 May 1954404,967 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 13, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.2% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
404,967 km251,635 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1954 is on Monday, May 17, 1954 at 21:47 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 2, 1954 at 20:22 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 9, 195418:17
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 17, 195421:47

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Thursday, May 13, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1954 to the new moon of June 1, 1954, a cycle of 29.32 days.