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The Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on May 1, 1919Waxing Crescent

Thursday 1 May 1919358,543 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 1, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
358,543 km222,788 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1919 is on Thursday, May 15, 1919 at 01:01 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 30, 1919 at 05:30 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 30, 191905:30
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 6, 191923:34

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Thursday, May 1, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1919 to the new moon of May 29, 1919, a cycle of 29.32 days.