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The Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on May 15, 1941Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 May 1941375,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 15, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.9% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
375,377 km233,248 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1941 is on Sunday, May 11, 1941 at 05:15 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 26, 1941 at 05:19 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 11, 194105:15
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 18, 194101:17

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Thursday, May 15, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 1941 to the new moon of May 26, 1941, a cycle of 29.66 days.