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The Moon on Thursday, May 2, 1929: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Last Quarter at

01:26UTC

Moon phase on May 2, 1929Last Quarter

Thursday 2 May 1929397,021 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 2, 1929, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.8% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
397,021 km246,697 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1929 is on Tuesday, April 23, 1929 at 21:47 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 9, 1929 at 06:07 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 23, 192921:47
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, May 2, 192901:26
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 9, 192906:07

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Thursday, May 2, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 1929 to the new moon of May 9, 1929, a cycle of 29.40 days.