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The Moon on Saturday, May 15, 1920: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on May 15, 1920Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 May 1920370,590 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 15, 1920, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
370,590 km230,274 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1920 is on Monday, May 3, 1920 at 01:47 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 18, 1920 at 06:25 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 11, 192005:51
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 18, 192006:25

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Saturday, May 15, 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.