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The Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1934: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 59.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

21.5days

Moon phase on May 5, 1934Waning Gibbous

Saturday 5 May 1934369,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 5, 1934, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.0% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
369,385 km229,525 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1934 is on Sunday, April 29, 1934 at 12:45 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 13, 1934 at 12:30 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 29, 193412:45
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 6, 193406:41

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Saturday, May 5, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 1934 to the new moon of May 13, 1934, a cycle of 29.52 days.