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The Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1930: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on May 4, 1930Waxing Crescent

Sunday 4 May 1930369,660 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 4, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.4% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
369,660 km229,696 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1930 is on Monday, May 12, 1930 at 17:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 28, 1930 at 19:08 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Sunday, May 4, 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.