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The Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on May 1, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 May 1901405,986 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 1, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
405,986 km252,268 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1901 is on Friday, May 3, 1901 at 18:19 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 18, 1901 at 21:37 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 25, 190116:15
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 3, 190118:19

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Wednesday, May 1, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1901 to the new moon of May 18, 1901, a cycle of 29.33 days.