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The Moon on Friday, May 23, 1919: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on May 23, 1919Waning Crescent

Friday 23 May 1919377,226 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 23, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.8% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
377,226 km234,397 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1919 is on Thursday, May 15, 1919 at 01:01 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 29, 1919 at 13:12 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 22, 191922:04
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 29, 191913:12

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Friday, May 23, 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.