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The Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 1908: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on May 20, 1908Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 May 1908368,273 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 20, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.6% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
368,273 km228,834 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1908 is on Saturday, May 16, 1908 at 04:32 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 30, 1908 at 03:15 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 16, 190804:32
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 23, 190800:17

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Wednesday, May 20, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1908 to the new moon of May 30, 1908, a cycle of 29.49 days.