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The Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1920: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on May 1, 1920Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 1 May 1920395,752 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 1, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
395,752 km245,909 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1920 is on Monday, May 3, 1920 at 01:47 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 18, 1920 at 21:43 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 25, 192013:27
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 3, 192001:47

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Saturday, May 1, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1920 to the new moon of May 18, 1920, a cycle of 29.36 days.