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The Moon on Sunday, May 15, 1921: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 59.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on May 15, 1921Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 May 1921372,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 15, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.8% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
372,274 km231,320 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1921 is on Saturday, May 21, 1921 at 20:15 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 7, 1921 at 21:01 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 14, 192115:24
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 21, 192120:15

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Sunday, May 15, 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.