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The Moon on Monday, May 23, 1932: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on May 23, 1932Waning Gibbous

Monday 23 May 1932373,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 23, 1932, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.3% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
373,255 km231,930 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1932 is on Friday, May 20, 1932 at 05:09 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 4, 1932 at 09:16 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Monday, May 23, 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.