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The Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 1919: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on May 21, 1919Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 21 May 1919387,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 21, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.0% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
387,663 km240,883 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1919 is on Thursday, May 15, 1919 at 01:01 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 29, 1919 at 13:12 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Wednesday, May 21, 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.