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The Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1918: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on May 4, 1918Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 May 1918372,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 4, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.8% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
372,196 km231,272 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1918 is on Friday, April 26, 1918 at 08:05 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 1918 at 13:01 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 3, 191822:26
New Moon (after)Friday, May 10, 191813:01

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Saturday, May 4, 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.