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The Moon on Wednesday, May 23, 1900: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on May 23, 1900Waning Crescent

Wednesday 23 May 1900368,108 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 23, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.5% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
368,108 km228,732 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1900 is on Monday, May 14, 1900 at 15:37 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 28, 1900 at 14:50 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 21, 190020:31
New Moon (after)Monday, May 28, 190014:50

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Wednesday, May 23, 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.