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The Moon on Saturday, May 2, 1914: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on May 2, 1914Waxing Crescent

Saturday 2 May 1914382,719 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 2, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.9% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
382,719 km237,810 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1914 is on Saturday, May 9, 1914 at 21:30 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 1914 at 11:21 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 25, 191411:21
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 3, 191406:29

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Saturday, May 2, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1914 to the new moon of May 25, 1914, a cycle of 29.63 days.