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The Moon on Wednesday, May 13, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on May 13, 1959Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 13 May 1959395,955 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 13, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.1% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
395,955 km246,035 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1959 is on Friday, May 22, 1959 at 12:56 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 7, 1959 at 20:12 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 7, 195920:12
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 15, 195920:09

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Wednesday, May 13, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1959 to the new moon of June 6, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.