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The Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1937: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on May 20, 1937Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 May 1937400,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 20, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.3% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
400,160 km248,648 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1937 is on Tuesday, May 25, 1937 at 07:38 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 10, 1937 at 13:18 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 17, 193706:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 25, 193707:38

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Thursday, May 20, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1937 to the new moon of June 8, 1937, a cycle of 29.31 days.