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The Moon on Thursday, May 21, 1925: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on May 21, 1925Waning Crescent

Thursday 21 May 1925394,858 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 21, 1925, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
394,858 km245,353 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1925 is on Friday, May 8, 1925 at 13:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 1925 at 15:48 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 15, 192505:46
New Moon (after)Friday, May 22, 192515:48

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Thursday, May 21, 1925 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1925 to the new moon of May 22, 1925, a cycle of 29.56 days.