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The Moon on Monday, May 20, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on May 20, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Monday 20 May 2013381,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 20, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.1% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
381,346 km236,957 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2013 is on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 04:25 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 00:29 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Monday, May 20, 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.