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The Moon on Saturday, May 19, 1923: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on May 19, 1923Waxing Crescent

Saturday 19 May 1923393,633 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 19, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
393,633 km244,592 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1923 is on Wednesday, May 30, 1923 at 05:07 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 1923 at 22:38 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 15, 192322:38
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 23, 192314:25

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Saturday, May 19, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1923 to the new moon of June 14, 1923, a cycle of 29.59 days.