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The Moon on Monday, May 1, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on May 1, 1933Waxing Crescent

Monday 1 May 1933400,262 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 1, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.1% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
400,262 km248,711 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1933 is on Tuesday, May 9, 1933 at 22:04 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 24, 1933 at 18:38 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 24, 193318:38
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 2, 193322:39

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Monday, May 1, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 1933 to the new moon of May 24, 1933, a cycle of 29.64 days.