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The Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1923: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on May 20, 1923Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 May 1923389,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 20, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.4% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
389,854 km242,244 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1923 is on Wednesday, May 30, 1923 at 05:07 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 1923 at 22:38 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Sunday, May 20, 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.