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The Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 1924: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on May 21, 1924Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 21 May 1924361,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 21, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.0% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
361,841 km224,838 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1924 is on Sunday, May 18, 1924 at 21:52 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 2, 1924 at 14:34 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Wednesday, May 21, 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.