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The Moon on Monday, May 2, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on May 2, 1927Waxing Crescent

Monday 2 May 1927363,734 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 2, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
363,734 km226,014 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 1, 1927 at 12:40 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 1, 192712:40
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 8, 192715:27

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Monday, May 2, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1927 to the new moon of May 30, 1927, a cycle of 29.35 days.