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The Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 1926: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Last Quarter at

03:13UTC

Moon phase on May 5, 1926Last Quarter

Wednesday 5 May 1926369,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 5, 1926, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.9% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
369,749 km229,751 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1926 is on Wednesday, April 28, 1926 at 00:17 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 1926 at 22:55 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 28, 192600:17
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, May 5, 192603:13
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 11, 192622:55

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Wednesday, May 5, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1926 to the new moon of May 11, 1926, a cycle of 29.42 days.