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The Moon on Friday, May 6, 1932: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on May 6, 1932Waxing Crescent

Friday 6 May 1932404,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 6, 1932, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
404,876 km251,578 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1932 is on Friday, May 20, 1932 at 05:09 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 5, 1932 at 18:12 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 5, 193218:12
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 13, 193214:02

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Friday, May 6, 1932 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 1932 to the new moon of June 4, 1932, a cycle of 29.63 days.