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The Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1984: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on May 20, 1984Waning Gibbous

Sunday 20 May 1984396,688 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 20, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.1% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
396,688 km246,490 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1984 is on Tuesday, May 15, 1984 at 04:29 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 30, 1984 at 16:48 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 15, 198404:29
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 22, 198417:45

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Sunday, May 20, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1984 to the new moon of May 30, 1984, a cycle of 29.54 days.