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The Moon on Sunday, May 23, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on May 23, 1943Waning Gibbous

Sunday 23 May 1943365,127 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 23, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.7% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
365,127 km226,879 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1943 is on Wednesday, May 19, 1943 at 21:13 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 2, 1943 at 22:33 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 19, 194321:13
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 26, 194313:34

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Sunday, May 23, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1943 to the new moon of June 2, 1943, a cycle of 29.53 days.