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The Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 1911: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on May 16, 1911Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 16 May 1911405,745 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 16, 1911, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
405,745 km252,118 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1911 is on Saturday, May 13, 1911 at 06:10 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 28, 1911 at 06:24 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 13, 191106:10
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 21, 191109:23

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Tuesday, May 16, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1911 to the new moon of May 28, 1911, a cycle of 29.33 days.