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The Moon on Saturday, May 20, 1905: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on May 20, 1905Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 May 1905369,497 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 20, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
369,497 km229,595 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1905 is on Thursday, May 18, 1905 at 21:36 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1905 at 05:56 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 18, 190521:36
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 26, 190502:50

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Saturday, May 20, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1905 to the new moon of June 3, 1905, a cycle of 29.59 days.