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The Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 1921: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on May 4, 1921Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 May 1921390,979 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 4, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
390,979 km242,943 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1921 is on Friday, April 22, 1921 at 07:49 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 7, 1921 at 21:01 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Wednesday, May 4, 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.