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The Moon on Wednesday, May 13, 2015: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on May 13, 2015Waning Crescent

Wednesday 13 May 2015367,169 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 13, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.2% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
367,169 km228,148 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 11, 201510:36
New Moon (after)Monday, May 18, 201504:13

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Wednesday, May 13, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2015 to the new moon of May 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.39 days.