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The Moon on Tuesday, May 13, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on May 13, 1975Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 13 May 1975382,243 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 13, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
382,243 km237,514 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1975 is on Sunday, May 25, 1975 at 05:51 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 1975 at 07:05 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 11, 197507:05
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 18, 197510:29

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Tuesday, May 13, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1975 to the new moon of June 9, 1975, a cycle of 29.49 days.