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The Moon on Friday, May 13, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on May 13, 2005Waxing Crescent

Friday 13 May 2005403,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 13, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.2% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
403,906 km250,975 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 2005 is on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 20:18 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 08:46 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 8, 200508:46
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 16, 200508:57

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Friday, May 13, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2005 to the new moon of June 6, 2005, a cycle of 29.55 days.