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The Moon on Thursday, May 13, 1976: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Full Moon at

20:04UTC

Moon phase on May 13, 1976Full Moon

Thursday 13 May 1976359,758 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 13, 1976, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
359,758 km223,543 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 360,351 km from Earth. SupermoonPartial lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1976 is on Thursday, May 13, 1976 at 20:04 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 29, 1976 at 10:20 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 7, 197605:17
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, May 13, 197620:04
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 20, 197621:22

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Thursday, May 13, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1976 to the new moon of May 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.64 days.