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The Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1915: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on May 20, 1915Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 May 1915394,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 20, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.1% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
394,255 km244,979 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1915 is on Friday, May 28, 1915 at 21:32 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 14, 1915 at 03:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 14, 191503:31
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 22, 191504:50

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Thursday, May 20, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1915 to the new moon of June 12, 1915, a cycle of 29.64 days.