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The Moon on Friday, May 13, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on May 13, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Friday 13 May 2022373,620 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 13, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.4% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
373,620 km232,157 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 2022 is on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 04:14 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 20:28 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 9, 202200:22
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 16, 202204:14

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Friday, May 13, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2022 to the new moon of May 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.