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The Moon on Sunday, May 1, 1932: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on May 1, 1932Waning Crescent

Sunday 1 May 1932403,323 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 1, 1932, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.5% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
403,323 km250,613 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1932 is on Wednesday, April 20, 1932 at 21:27 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 5, 1932 at 18:12 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 27, 193215:14
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 5, 193218:12

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Sunday, May 1, 1932 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 1932 to the new moon of May 5, 1932, a cycle of 29.70 days.