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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 1920: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on May 21, 1920Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 May 1920363,134 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
363,134 km225,641 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1920 is on Tuesday, June 1, 1920 at 17:18 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 18, 1920 at 06:25 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 18, 192006:25
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 24, 192021:07

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 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.