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The Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 1914: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on May 5, 1914Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 5 May 1914367,469 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 5, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.2% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
367,469 km228,335 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1914 is on Saturday, May 9, 1914 at 21:30 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 1914 at 11:21 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 3, 191406:29
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 9, 191421:30

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Tuesday, May 5, 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.