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The Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 1933: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on May 23, 1933Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 May 1933405,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 23, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
405,263 km251,819 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1933 is on Tuesday, May 9, 1933 at 22:04 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 24, 1933 at 10:07 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Tuesday, May 23, 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.