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The Moon on Friday, May 31, 2013: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Last Quarter at

18:58UTC

Moon phase on May 31, 2013Last Quarter

Friday 31 May 2013378,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 31, 2013, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.3% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
378,264 km235,042 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2013 is on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 04:25 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 15:57 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 25, 201304:25
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, May 31, 201318:58
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 8, 201315:57

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Friday, May 31, 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.