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The Moon on Sunday, May 14, 1916: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on May 14, 1916Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 14 May 1916377,968 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 14, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
377,968 km234,858 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1916 is on Wednesday, May 17, 1916 at 14:11 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 2, 1916 at 05:29 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 10, 191608:47
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 17, 191614:11

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Sunday, May 14, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1916 to the new moon of May 31, 1916, a cycle of 29.59 days.