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The Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on May 15, 2013Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 May 2013403,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 15, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.1% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
403,932 km250,992 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2013 is on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 04:25 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 00:29 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 10, 201300:29
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 18, 201304:35

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 2013 to the new moon of June 8, 2013, a cycle of 29.64 days.