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The Moon on Saturday, May 13, 2000: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on May 13, 2000Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 13 May 2000383,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 13, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.6% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
383,999 km238,606 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 2000 is on Thursday, May 18, 2000 at 07:35 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 4, 2000 at 04:12 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 10, 200020:01
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 18, 200007:35

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Saturday, May 13, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2000 to the new moon of June 2, 2000, a cycle of 29.33 days.