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The Moon on Thursday, May 16, 1907: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on May 16, 1907Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 May 1907405,523 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 16, 1907, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.0% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
405,523 km251,980 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1907 is on Monday, May 27, 1907 at 14:18 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 12, 1907 at 08:59 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 12, 190708:59
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 20, 190713:27

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Thursday, May 16, 1907 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 1907 to the new moon of June 10, 1907, a cycle of 29.62 days.