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The Moon on Tuesday, May 13, 1980: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 13, 1980Waning Crescent

Tuesday 13 May 1980362,893 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 13, 1980, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
362,893 km225,491 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1980 is on Wednesday, April 30, 1980 at 07:35 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 12:00 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 7, 198020:51
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 14, 198012:00

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Tuesday, May 13, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1980 to the new moon of May 14, 1980, a cycle of 29.34 days.