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The Moon on Friday, May 13, 1966: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on May 13, 1966Waning Crescent

Friday 13 May 1966404,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 13, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.4% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
404,393 km251,278 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1966 is on Wednesday, May 4, 1966 at 21:01 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 1966 at 09:42 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 12, 196611:19
New Moon (after)Friday, May 20, 196609:42

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Friday, May 13, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1966 to the new moon of May 20, 1966, a cycle of 29.55 days.