Waxing · 17.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°
Moon age
3.9days
Moon phase on May 23, 1909Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, May 23, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.6% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.
17.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
388,664 km241,504 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 23, 1909 is on Friday, June 4, 1909 at 01:25 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 1909 at 13:42 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, May 19, 1909 | 13:42 |
| First Quarter (after) | Thursday, May 27, 1909 | 01:28 |
The Moon around May 23
More about this date
Sunday, May 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1909, or the whole moon calendar 1909.
- The same date one year apart: 1908 · 1910.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.