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The Moon on Sunday, May 15, 1932: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on May 15, 1932Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 May 1932369,398 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 15, 1932, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.9% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
369,398 km229,533 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1932 is on Friday, May 20, 1932 at 05:09 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 5, 1932 at 18:12 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 13, 193214:02
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 20, 193205:09

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Sunday, May 15, 1932 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 1932 to the new moon of June 4, 1932, a cycle of 29.63 days.