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The Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 1933: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 50.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Last Quarter at

12:50UTC

Moon phase on May 16, 1933Last Quarter

Tuesday 16 May 1933380,133 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 16, 1933, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
380,133 km236,204 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1933 is on Tuesday, May 9, 1933 at 22:04 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 24, 1933 at 10:07 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 9, 193322:04
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, May 16, 193312:50
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 24, 193310:07

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Tuesday, May 16, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 1933 to the new moon of May 24, 1933, a cycle of 29.64 days.