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The Moon on Monday, May 15, 1916: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on May 15, 1916Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 May 1916372,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 15, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
372,397 km231,397 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1916 is on Wednesday, May 17, 1916 at 14:11 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 2, 1916 at 05:29 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Monday, May 15, 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.