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The Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on May 1, 2013Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 1 May 2013370,431 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 1, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.0% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
370,431 km230,175 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 2013 is on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 19:57 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 00:29 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 25, 201319:57
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 2, 201311:14

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 10, 2013 to the new moon of May 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.62 days.