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The Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 1911: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on May 23, 1911Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 May 1911378,597 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 23, 1911, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.6% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
378,597 km235,249 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1911 is on Saturday, May 13, 1911 at 06:10 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 28, 1911 at 06:24 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 21, 191109:23
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 28, 191106:24

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Tuesday, May 23, 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.