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The Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on May 20, 1928Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 May 1928358,955 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 20, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
358,955 km223,044 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1928 is on Sunday, June 3, 1928 at 12:14 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 19, 1928 at 13:14 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 19, 192813:14
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 26, 192809:12

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Sunday, May 20, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1928 to the new moon of June 17, 1928, a cycle of 29.31 days.