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The Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 1934: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on May 15, 1934Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 15 May 1934399,564 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 15, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
399,564 km248,277 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1934 is on Monday, May 28, 1934 at 21:41 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 13, 1934 at 12:30 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 13, 193412:30
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 21, 193415:20

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Tuesday, May 15, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 1934 to the new moon of June 12, 1934, a cycle of 29.57 days.