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The Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1901: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on May 4, 1901Waning Gibbous

Saturday 4 May 1901404,695 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 4, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
404,695 km251,465 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1901 is on Friday, May 3, 1901 at 18:19 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 18, 1901 at 05:38 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 3, 190118:19
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 11, 190114:38

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Saturday, May 4, 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.