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The Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1920: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

New Moon at

06:25UTC

Moon phase on May 18, 1920New Moon

Tuesday 18 May 1920359,370 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 18, 1920, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
359,370 km223,302 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1920 is on Tuesday, June 1, 1920 at 17:18 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 18, 1920 at 06:25 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 11, 192005:51
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, May 18, 192006:25
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 24, 192021:07

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Tuesday, May 18, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1920 to the new moon of June 16, 1920, a cycle of 29.30 days.