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The Moon on Friday, May 20, 1921: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on May 20, 1921Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 May 1921386,835 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 20, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
386,835 km240,368 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1921 is on Saturday, May 21, 1921 at 20:15 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 7, 1921 at 21:01 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Friday, May 20, 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.