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The Moon on Monday, May 1, 1916: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on May 1, 1916Waning Crescent

Monday 1 May 1916391,967 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 1, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
391,967 km243,557 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1916 is on Tuesday, April 18, 1916 at 05:07 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 2, 1916 at 05:29 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 24, 191622:38
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 2, 191605:29

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Monday, May 1, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 2, 1916 to the new moon of May 2, 1916, a cycle of 29.55 days.