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The Moon on Tuesday, May 13, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on May 13, 1986Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 13 May 1986403,556 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 13, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.9% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
403,556 km250,758 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1986 is on Friday, May 23, 1986 at 20:45 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 1986 at 22:10 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 8, 198622:10
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 17, 198601:00

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Tuesday, May 13, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 1986 to the new moon of June 7, 1986, a cycle of 29.66 days.