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The Moon on Sunday, May 13, 2012: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on May 13, 2012Waning Crescent

Sunday 13 May 2012390,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 13, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.0% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
390,438 km242,607 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 2012 is on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 03:35 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 12, 201221:47
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 20, 201223:47

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Sunday, May 13, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2012 to the new moon of May 20, 2012, a cycle of 29.69 days.