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The Moon on Friday, May 24, 1901: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on May 24, 1901Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 May 1901391,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 24, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.7% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
391,139 km243,042 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1901 is on Sunday, June 2, 1901 at 09:53 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 18, 1901 at 05:38 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 18, 190105:38
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 25, 190105:40

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Friday, May 24, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1901 to the new moon of June 16, 1901, a cycle of 29.33 days.