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The Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1932: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

New Moon at

18:12UTC

Moon phase on May 5, 1932New Moon

Thursday 5 May 1932405,995 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 5, 1932, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
405,995 km252,274 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1932 is on Wednesday, April 20, 1932 at 21:27 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 5, 1932 at 18:12 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 27, 193215:14
New Moon (this day)Thursday, May 5, 193218:12
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 13, 193214:02

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Thursday, May 5, 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.