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The Moon on Saturday, May 13, 1961: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 13, 1961Waning Crescent

Saturday 13 May 1961381,818 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 13, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
381,818 km237,251 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1961 is on Sunday, April 30, 1961 at 18:41 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 1961 at 16:54 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 7, 196115:57
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 14, 196116:54

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Saturday, May 13, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1961 to the new moon of May 14, 1961, a cycle of 29.47 days.