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The Moon on Thursday, May 6, 1915: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Last Quarter at

05:22UTC

Moon phase on May 6, 1915Last Quarter

Thursday 6 May 1915382,700 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 6, 1915, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.2% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
382,700 km237,799 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1915 is on Thursday, April 29, 1915 at 14:19 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 14, 1915 at 03:31 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 29, 191514:19
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, May 6, 191505:22
New Moon (after)Friday, May 14, 191503:31

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Thursday, May 6, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 1915 to the new moon of May 14, 1915, a cycle of 29.66 days.