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The Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 1923: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on May 8, 1923Waning Crescent

Tuesday 8 May 1923395,416 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 8, 1923, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
395,416 km245,700 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1923 is on Monday, April 30, 1923 at 21:30 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 1923 at 22:38 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 7, 192318:18
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 15, 192322:38

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Tuesday, May 8, 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.