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The Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 1919: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

First Quarter at

23:34UTC

Moon phase on May 6, 1919First Quarter

Tuesday 6 May 1919383,814 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 6, 1919, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.1% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
383,814 km238,491 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1919 is on Thursday, May 15, 1919 at 01:01 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 30, 1919 at 05:30 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 30, 191905:30
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, May 6, 191923:34
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 15, 191901:01

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Tuesday, May 6, 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.