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The Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 1923: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

New Moon at

22:38UTC

Moon phase on May 15, 1923New Moon

Tuesday 15 May 1923404,199 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 15, 1923, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
404,199 km251,157 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 7, 192318:18
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, May 15, 192322:38
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 23, 192314:25

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Tuesday, May 15, 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.