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The Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1906: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on May 20, 1906Waning Crescent

Sunday 20 May 1906404,984 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 20, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
404,984 km251,645 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1906 is on Tuesday, May 8, 1906 at 14:10 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 1906 at 08:01 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 15, 190607:03
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 23, 190608:01

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Sunday, May 20, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1906 to the new moon of May 23, 1906, a cycle of 29.66 days.