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The Moon on Tuesday, May 13, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on May 13, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 13 May 2003361,677 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
361,677 km224,736 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 2003 is on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:36 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 12:15 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 9, 200311:53
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 16, 200303:36

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Tuesday, May 13, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 2003 to the new moon of May 31, 2003, a cycle of 29.67 days.