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The Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 1911: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on May 2, 1911Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 2 May 1911363,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 2, 1911, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.7% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
363,887 km226,109 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1911 is on Saturday, May 13, 1911 at 06:10 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 28, 1911 at 22:25 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 28, 191122:25
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 5, 191113:14

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Tuesday, May 2, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1911 to the new moon of May 28, 1911, a cycle of 29.33 days.