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The Moon on Wednesday, May 11, 1921: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on May 11, 1921Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 May 1921367,743 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 11, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.7% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
367,743 km228,505 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1921 is on Saturday, May 21, 1921 at 20:15 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 7, 1921 at 21:01 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 7, 192121:01
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 14, 192115:24

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Wednesday, May 11, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1921 to the new moon of June 6, 1921, a cycle of 29.38 days.