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The Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 1900: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on May 15, 1900Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 May 1900388,946 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 15, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
388,946 km241,680 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1900 is on Monday, May 14, 1900 at 15:37 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 28, 1900 at 14:50 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 14, 190015:37
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 21, 190020:31

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Tuesday, May 15, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1900 to the new moon of May 28, 1900, a cycle of 29.39 days.