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The Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 1933: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

First Quarter at

22:39UTC

Moon phase on May 2, 1933First Quarter

Tuesday 2 May 1933396,188 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 2, 1933, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.7% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
396,188 km246,180 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1933 is on Tuesday, May 9, 1933 at 22:04 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 24, 1933 at 18:38 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 24, 193318:38
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, May 2, 193322:39
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 9, 193322:04

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Tuesday, May 2, 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.