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The Moon on Tuesday, May 13, 1969: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on May 13, 1969Waning Crescent

Tuesday 13 May 1969391,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 13, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
391,055 km242,991 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1969 is on Friday, May 2, 1969 at 05:13 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 16, 1969 at 08:26 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 8, 196920:12
New Moon (after)Friday, May 16, 196908:26

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Tuesday, May 13, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1969 to the new moon of May 16, 1969, a cycle of 29.59 days.