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The Moon on Sunday, May 19, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on May 19, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 May 2013387,423 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 19, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.3% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
387,423 km240,733 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2013 is on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 04:25 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 00:29 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 18, 201304:35
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 25, 201304:25

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Sunday, May 19, 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.