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The Moon on Sunday, May 21, 1905: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

16.8days

Moon phase on May 21, 1905Waning Gibbous

Sunday 21 May 1905374,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 21, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.9% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
374,749 km232,858 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1905 is on Thursday, May 18, 1905 at 21:36 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1905 at 05:56 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Sunday, May 21, 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.