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The Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 1914: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on May 20, 1914Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 May 1914405,457 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 20, 1914, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.4% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
405,457 km251,939 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1914 is on Saturday, May 9, 1914 at 21:30 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1914 at 02:35 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 16, 191422:12
New Moon (after)Monday, May 25, 191402:35

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Wednesday, May 20, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1914 to the new moon of May 25, 1914, a cycle of 29.63 days.