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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 1915: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on May 21, 1915Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 May 1915389,289 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.9% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
389,289 km241,893 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1915 is on Friday, May 28, 1915 at 21:32 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 14, 1915 at 03:31 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 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.