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The Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1930: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on May 1, 1930Waxing Crescent

Thursday 1 May 1930372,988 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 1, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
372,988 km231,764 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1930 is on Monday, May 12, 1930 at 17:29 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 28, 1930 at 19:08 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 28, 193019:08
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 5, 193016:53

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Thursday, May 1, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1930 to the new moon of May 28, 1930, a cycle of 29.44 days.