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The Moon on Friday, May 13, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on May 13, 1960Waning Gibbous

Friday 13 May 1960360,850 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 13, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
360,850 km224,222 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1960 is on Wednesday, May 11, 1960 at 05:42 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 11, 196005:42
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 17, 196019:54

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Friday, May 13, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1960 to the new moon of May 25, 1960, a cycle of 29.61 days.