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The Moon on Sunday, May 13, 1973: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on May 13, 1973Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 13 May 1973394,497 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 13, 1973, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
394,497 km245,129 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1973 is on Thursday, May 17, 1973 at 04:58 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 2, 1973 at 20:55 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 9, 197312:07
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 17, 197304:58

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Sunday, May 13, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1973 to the new moon of June 1, 1973, a cycle of 29.32 days.