Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, May 13, 2018: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on May 13, 2018Waning Crescent

Sunday 13 May 2018376,374 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 13, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
376,374 km233,868 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 2018 is on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 00:58 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 11:48 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 8, 201802:09
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 15, 201811:48

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Sunday, May 13, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 2018 to the new moon of May 15, 2018, a cycle of 29.41 days.