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The Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1924: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on May 15, 1924Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 May 1924369,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 15, 1924, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.7% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
369,162 km229,386 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1924 is on Sunday, May 18, 1924 at 21:52 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 3, 1924 at 23:00 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 12, 192402:14
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 18, 192421:52

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Thursday, May 15, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 1924 to the new moon of June 2, 1924, a cycle of 29.65 days.