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The Moon on Friday, May 13, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on May 13, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Friday 13 May 2011364,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 13, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
364,802 km226,678 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 10, 201120:33
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 17, 201111:09

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Friday, May 13, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2011 to the new moon of June 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.59 days.