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The Moon on Saturday, May 8, 1915: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on May 8, 1915Waning Crescent

Saturday 8 May 1915392,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 8, 1915, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.3% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
392,704 km244,015 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1915 is on Thursday, April 29, 1915 at 14:19 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 14, 1915 at 03:31 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 6, 191505:22
New Moon (after)Friday, May 14, 191503:31

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Saturday, May 8, 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.