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The Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1934: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on May 20, 1934Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 May 1934403,205 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 20, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.3% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
403,205 km250,540 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1934 is on Monday, May 28, 1934 at 21:41 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 13, 1934 at 12:30 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 13, 193412:30
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 21, 193415:20

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Sunday, May 20, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 1934 to the new moon of June 12, 1934, a cycle of 29.57 days.