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The Moon on Monday, May 20, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on May 20, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Monday 20 May 1918404,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 20, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.4% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
404,974 km251,639 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1918 is on Saturday, May 25, 1918 at 22:32 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 1918 at 13:01 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 17, 191820:14
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 25, 191822:32

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Monday, May 20, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1918 to the new moon of June 8, 1918, a cycle of 29.38 days.