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The Moon on Friday, May 13, 1977: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on May 13, 1977Waning Crescent

Friday 13 May 1977397,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 13, 1977, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.5% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
397,231 km246,828 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1977 is on Tuesday, May 3, 1977 at 13:03 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 1977 at 02:52 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 10, 197704:08
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 18, 197702:52

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Friday, May 13, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1977 to the new moon of May 18, 1977, a cycle of 29.68 days.