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The Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 1905: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on May 23, 1905Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 May 1905386,460 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 23, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.2% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
386,460 km240,135 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1905 is on Thursday, May 18, 1905 at 21:36 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1905 at 05:56 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Tuesday, May 23, 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.