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The Moon on Friday, May 13, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 65.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 13, 1955Waning Gibbous

Friday 13 May 1955397,077 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 13, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.7% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
397,077 km246,732 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1955 is on Friday, May 6, 1955 at 22:14 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 6, 195522:14
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 15, 195501:42

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Friday, May 13, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1955 to the new moon of May 21, 1955, a cycle of 29.33 days.