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The Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on May 21, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 21 May 2013375,141 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 21, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.2% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
375,141 km233,102 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2013 is on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 04:25 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 00:29 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Tuesday, May 21, 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.