Waxing · 49.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°
First Quarter at
14:25UTC
Moon phase on May 23, 1923First Quarter
On Wednesday, May 23, 1923, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.0% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
49.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
376,513 km233,954 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (0°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 23, 1923 is on Wednesday, May 30, 1923 at 05:07 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 1923 at 22:38 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, May 15, 1923 | 22:38 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Wednesday, May 23, 1923 | 14:25 |
| Full Moon (after) | Wednesday, May 30, 1923 | 05:07 |
The Moon around May 23
More about this date
Wednesday, May 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1923, or the whole moon calendar 1923.
- The same date one year apart: 1922 · 1924.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.