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The Moon on Saturday, May 14, 1921: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

First Quarter at

15:24UTC

Moon phase on May 14, 1921First Quarter

Saturday 14 May 1921370,292 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 14, 1921, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.5% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
370,292 km230,089 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1921 is on Saturday, May 21, 1921 at 20:15 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 7, 1921 at 21:01 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 7, 192121:01
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 14, 192115:24
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 21, 192120:15

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Saturday, May 14, 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.