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The Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1923: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on May 5, 1923Waning Gibbous

Saturday 5 May 1923378,210 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 5, 1923, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.0% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
378,210 km235,008 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1923 is on Monday, April 30, 1923 at 21:30 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 1923 at 22:38 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, April 30, 192321:30
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 7, 192318:18

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Saturday, May 5, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1923 to the new moon of May 15, 1923, a cycle of 29.67 days.