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The Moon on Saturday, May 21, 1904: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on May 21, 1904Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 May 1904370,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 21, 1904, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
370,276 km230,079 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1904 is on Sunday, May 29, 1904 at 08:55 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 15, 1904 at 10:58 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Saturday, May 21, 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.