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The Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 1932: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on May 4, 1932Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 May 1932406,463 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 4, 1932, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
406,463 km252,564 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (0°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1932 is on Wednesday, April 20, 1932 at 21:27 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 5, 1932 at 18:12 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Wednesday, May 4, 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.