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The Moon on Tuesday, May 13, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on May 13, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 13 May 2008388,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 13, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.0% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
388,952 km241,684 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:18 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 12, 200803:47
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 20, 200802:12

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 2008 to the new moon of June 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.