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The Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on May 20, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 May 1926403,766 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 20, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.3% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
403,766 km250,888 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1926 is on Thursday, May 27, 1926 at 11:49 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 1926 at 22:55 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 19, 192617:48
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 27, 192611:49

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Thursday, May 20, 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.