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The Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on May 4, 1919Waxing Crescent

Sunday 4 May 1919371,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 4, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.3% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
371,810 km231,032 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1919 is on Thursday, May 15, 1919 at 01:01 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 30, 1919 at 05:30 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Sunday, May 4, 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.