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The Moon on Saturday, May 13, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on May 13, 2017Waning Gibbous

Saturday 13 May 2017406,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 13, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
406,022 km252,290 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 19:45 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 10, 201721:43
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 19, 201700:33

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Saturday, May 13, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2017 to the new moon of May 25, 2017, a cycle of 29.31 days.