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The Moon on Sunday, May 24, 1914: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on May 24, 1914Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 May 1914401,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 24, 1914, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
401,253 km249,327 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1914 is on Saturday, May 9, 1914 at 21:30 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 25, 1914 at 02:35 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Sunday, May 24, 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.