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The Moon on Saturday, May 21, 1932: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on May 21, 1932Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 May 1932363,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 21, 1932, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
363,070 km225,601 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1932 is on Friday, May 20, 1932 at 05:09 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 4, 1932 at 09:16 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 20, 193205:09
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 27, 193204:55

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Saturday, May 21, 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.