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The Moon on Sunday, May 1, 1921: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on May 1, 1921Waning Crescent

Sunday 1 May 1921402,147 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 1, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.6% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
402,147 km249,883 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1921 is on Friday, April 22, 1921 at 07:49 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 7, 1921 at 21:01 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 30, 192104:08
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 7, 192121:01

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Sunday, May 1, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 1921 to the new moon of May 7, 1921, a cycle of 29.50 days.