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The Moon on Monday, May 20, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on May 20, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Monday 20 May 1929395,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 20, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.4% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
395,096 km245,501 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1929 is on Thursday, May 23, 1929 at 12:50 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 9, 1929 at 06:07 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 15, 192920:56
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 23, 192912:50

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Monday, May 20, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1929 to the new moon of June 7, 1929, a cycle of 29.33 days.