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The Moon on Monday, May 5, 1930: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

First Quarter at

16:53UTC

Moon phase on May 5, 1930First Quarter

Monday 5 May 1930369,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 5, 1930, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.8% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
369,775 km229,767 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1930 is on Monday, May 12, 1930 at 17:29 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 28, 1930 at 19:08 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 28, 193019:08
First Quarter (this day)Monday, May 5, 193016:53
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 12, 193017:29

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Monday, May 5, 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.