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The Moon on Monday, May 21, 1906: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on May 21, 1906Waning Crescent

Monday 21 May 1906406,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 21, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
406,185 km252,391 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1906 is on Tuesday, May 8, 1906 at 14:10 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 1906 at 08:01 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Monday, May 21, 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.