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The Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on May 20, 1909Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 May 1909373,165 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 20, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
373,165 km231,874 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1909 is on Friday, June 4, 1909 at 01:25 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 1909 at 13:42 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 19, 190913:42
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 27, 190901:28

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Thursday, May 20, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1909 to the new moon of June 17, 1909, a cycle of 29.41 days.