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The Moon on Wednesday, May 13, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 74.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on May 13, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 13 May 1981399,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 13, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.7% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
399,055 km247,961 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1981 is on Tuesday, May 19, 1981 at 00:04 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 4, 1981 at 04:19 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 10, 198122:22
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 19, 198100:04

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Wednesday, May 13, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1981 to the new moon of June 2, 1981, a cycle of 29.30 days.