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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1941: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on May 20, 1941Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 May 1941401,389 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.9% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
401,389 km249,411 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1941 is on Sunday, May 11, 1941 at 05:15 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 26, 1941 at 05:19 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 18, 194101:17
New Moon (after)Monday, May 26, 194105:19

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 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.