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The Moon on Friday, May 24, 1912: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on May 24, 1912Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 May 1912374,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 24, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.3% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
374,972 km232,997 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1912 is on Thursday, May 30, 1912 at 23:29 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 16, 1912 at 22:13 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 23, 191214:11
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 30, 191223:29

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Friday, May 24, 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.