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The Moon on Monday, May 23, 1904: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on May 23, 1904Waxing Gibbous

Monday 23 May 1904369,842 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 23, 1904, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.3% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
369,842 km229,809 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1904 is on Sunday, May 29, 1904 at 08:55 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 15, 1904 at 10:58 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 22, 190410:19
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 29, 190408:55

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Monday, May 23, 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.