Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°
Moon age
13.5days
Moon phase on May 23, 2013Waxing Gibbous
On Thursday, May 23, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.
95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
364,304 km226,368 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 23, 2013 is on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 04:25 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 00:29 UTC, 13 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, May 18, 2013 | 04:35 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, May 25, 2013 | 04:25 |
The Moon around May 23
More about this date
Thursday, May 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2013, or the whole moon calendar 2013.
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