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The Moon on Friday, May 20, 1904: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on May 20, 1904Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 May 1904371,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 20, 1904, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
371,255 km230,687 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1904 is on Sunday, May 29, 1904 at 08:55 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 15, 1904 at 10:58 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 15, 190410:58
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 22, 190410:19

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Friday, May 20, 1904 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1904 to the new moon of June 13, 1904, a cycle of 29.43 days.