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The Moon on Thursday, May 16, 1935: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on May 16, 1935Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 May 1935392,045 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 16, 1935, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
392,045 km243,605 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1935 is on Saturday, May 18, 1935 at 09:57 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 2, 1935 at 21:36 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 10, 193511:54
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 18, 193509:57

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Thursday, May 16, 1935 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1935 to the new moon of June 1, 1935, a cycle of 29.43 days.