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The Moon on Wednesday, May 13, 2026: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on May 13, 2026Waning Crescent

Wednesday 13 May 2026371,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 13, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.3% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
371,953 km231,121 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 2026 is on Friday, May 1, 2026 at 17:23 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 20:01 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 9, 202621:11
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 16, 202620:01

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 2026 to the new moon of May 16, 2026, a cycle of 29.34 days.