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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1924: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on May 20, 1924Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 20 May 1924358,597 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
358,597 km222,822 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1924 is on Sunday, May 18, 1924 at 21:52 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 2, 1924 at 14:34 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 18, 192421:52
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 25, 192414:16

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 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.