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The Moon on Monday, May 21, 1934: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

First Quarter at

15:20UTC

Moon phase on May 21, 1934First Quarter

Monday 21 May 1934400,590 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 21, 1934, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.8% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
400,590 km248,915 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 13, 193412:30
First Quarter (this day)Monday, May 21, 193415:20
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 28, 193421:41

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Monday, May 21, 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.