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The Moon on Sunday, May 5, 1929: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on May 5, 1929Waning Crescent

Sunday 5 May 1929380,867 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 5, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.7% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
380,867 km236,659 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1929 is on Tuesday, April 23, 1929 at 21:47 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 9, 1929 at 06:07 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 2, 192901:26
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 9, 192906:07

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Sunday, May 5, 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.