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The Moon on Saturday, May 20, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on May 20, 1916Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 May 1916362,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 20, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
362,336 km225,145 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1916 is on Wednesday, May 17, 1916 at 14:11 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 31, 1916 at 19:37 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 17, 191614:11
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 24, 191605:16

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Saturday, May 20, 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.