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The Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on May 29, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 May 1901405,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 29, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.7% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
405,579 km252,015 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1901 is on Sunday, June 2, 1901 at 09:53 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 18, 1901 at 05:38 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 25, 190105:40
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 2, 190109:53

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Wednesday, May 29, 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.