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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1919: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on May 20, 1919Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 20 May 1919392,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.4% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
392,231 km243,721 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1919 is on Thursday, May 15, 1919 at 01:01 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 29, 1919 at 13:12 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 15, 191901:01
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 22, 191922:04

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1919 to the new moon of May 29, 1919, a cycle of 29.32 days.