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The Moon on Thursday, May 2, 1918: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 65.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on May 2, 1918Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 May 1918380,644 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 2, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.6% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
380,644 km236,521 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1918 is on Friday, April 26, 1918 at 08:05 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 1918 at 13:01 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 26, 191808:05
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 3, 191822:26

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Thursday, May 2, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1918 to the new moon of May 10, 1918, a cycle of 29.35 days.