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The Moon on Thursday, May 16, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on May 16, 2013Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 May 2013401,362 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 16, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.8% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
401,362 km249,395 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2013 is on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 04:25 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 00:29 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Thursday, May 16, 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.