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The Moon on Monday, May 20, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on May 20, 1912Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 May 1912365,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 20, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
365,277 km226,973 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1912 is on Thursday, May 30, 1912 at 23:29 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 16, 1912 at 22:13 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 16, 191222:13
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 23, 191214:11

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Monday, May 20, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 1912 to the new moon of June 15, 1912, a cycle of 29.34 days.