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The Moon on Thursday, May 13, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on May 13, 1971Waning Gibbous

Thursday 13 May 1971386,708 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 13, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
386,708 km240,289 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1971 is on Monday, May 10, 1971 at 11:24 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 1971 at 12:32 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 10, 197111:24
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 17, 197120:15

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Thursday, May 13, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1971 to the new moon of May 24, 1971, a cycle of 29.35 days.