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The Moon on Friday, May 13, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on May 13, 1983Waxing Crescent

Friday 13 May 1983372,511 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 13, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
372,511 km231,468 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1983 is on Thursday, May 26, 1983 at 18:48 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 12, 198319:25
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 19, 198314:17

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Friday, May 13, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 1983 to the new moon of June 11, 1983, a cycle of 29.38 days.