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The Moon on Saturday, May 20, 1933: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on May 20, 1933Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 May 1933398,350 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 20, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.8% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
398,350 km247,523 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1933 is on Tuesday, May 9, 1933 at 22:04 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 24, 1933 at 10:07 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 16, 193312:50
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 24, 193310:07

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Saturday, May 20, 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.