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The Moon on Friday, May 23, 1924: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on May 23, 1924Waning Gibbous

Friday 23 May 1924371,979 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 23, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.2% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
371,979 km231,137 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1924 is on Sunday, May 18, 1924 at 21:52 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 2, 1924 at 14:34 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Friday, May 23, 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.