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The Moon on Friday, May 4, 1900: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on May 4, 1900Waxing Crescent

Friday 4 May 1900392,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 4, 1900, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.3% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
392,307 km243,768 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1900 is on Monday, May 14, 1900 at 15:37 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 29, 1900 at 05:23 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 29, 190005:23
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 6, 190013:39

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Friday, May 4, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1900 to the new moon of May 28, 1900, a cycle of 29.39 days.