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The Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1901: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on May 15, 1901Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 May 1901361,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 15, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
361,508 km224,630 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1901 is on Friday, May 3, 1901 at 18:19 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 18, 1901 at 05:38 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 11, 190114:38
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 18, 190105:38

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Wednesday, May 15, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1901 to the new moon of May 18, 1901, a cycle of 29.33 days.