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The Moon on Saturday, May 13, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 58.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on May 13, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 13 May 1989400,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 13, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.9% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
400,676 km248,968 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1989 is on Saturday, May 20, 1989 at 18:16 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 5, 1989 at 11:46 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 12, 198914:20
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 20, 198918:16

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Saturday, May 13, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 1989 to the new moon of June 3, 1989, a cycle of 29.34 days.