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The Moon on Sunday, May 5, 1935: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on May 5, 1935Waxing Crescent

Sunday 5 May 1935384,202 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 5, 1935, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
384,202 km238,732 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1935 is on Saturday, May 18, 1935 at 09:57 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 2, 1935 at 21:36 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 2, 193521:36
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 10, 193511:54

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Sunday, May 5, 1935 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1935 to the new moon of June 1, 1935, a cycle of 29.43 days.