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The Moon on Friday, May 14, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on May 14, 1926Waxing Crescent

Friday 14 May 1926389,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 14, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
389,307 km241,904 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1926 is on Thursday, May 27, 1926 at 11:49 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 1926 at 22:55 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 11, 192622:55
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 19, 192617:48

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Friday, May 14, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1926 to the new moon of June 10, 1926, a cycle of 29.47 days.