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The Moon on Monday, May 29, 1916: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on May 29, 1916Waning Crescent

Monday 29 May 1916396,315 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 29, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
396,315 km246,259 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1916 is on Wednesday, May 17, 1916 at 14:11 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 31, 1916 at 19:37 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 24, 191605:16
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 31, 191619:37

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Monday, May 29, 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.