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The Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1924: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on May 1, 1924Waning Crescent

Thursday 1 May 1924399,480 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 1, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
399,480 km248,225 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1924 is on Saturday, April 19, 1924 at 14:10 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 3, 1924 at 23:00 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 26, 192404:28
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 3, 192423:00

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Thursday, May 1, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1924 to the new moon of May 3, 1924, a cycle of 29.65 days.