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The Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on August 13, 2013Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 13 August 2013378,014 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 13, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
378,014 km234,887 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 2013 is on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 01:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 21:51 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 6, 201321:51
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 14, 201310:56

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 2013 to the new moon of September 5, 2013, a cycle of 29.57 days.