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The Moon on Thursday, May 19, 1921: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on May 19, 1921Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 19 May 1921383,424 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 19, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
383,424 km238,248 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1921 is on Saturday, May 21, 1921 at 20:15 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 7, 1921 at 21:01 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Thursday, May 19, 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.