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The Moon on Monday, May 16, 1932: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on May 16, 1932Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 May 1932364,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 16, 1932, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
364,788 km226,669 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1932 is on Friday, May 20, 1932 at 05:09 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 5, 1932 at 18:12 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Monday, May 16, 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.