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The Moon on Friday, May 13, 2016: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

First Quarter at

17:02UTC

Moon phase on May 13, 2016First Quarter

Friday 13 May 2016391,328 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 13, 2016, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.0% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
391,328 km243,160 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 2016 is on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 21:15 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 19:30 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 6, 201619:30
First Quarter (this day)Friday, May 13, 201617:02
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 21, 201621:15

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Friday, May 13, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2016 to the new moon of June 5, 2016, a cycle of 29.31 days.