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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 66.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on May 21, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 May 1926402,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.5% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
402,179 km249,902 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1926 is on Thursday, May 27, 1926 at 11:49 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 1926 at 22:55 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 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.