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The Moon on Wednesday, May 13, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on May 13, 2009Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 13 May 2009404,697 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 13, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.2% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
404,697 km251,467 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 2009 is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 04:02 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 12:11 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 9, 200904:02
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 17, 200907:26

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 2009 to the new moon of May 24, 2009, a cycle of 29.37 days.