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The Moon on Monday, May 6, 1935: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on May 6, 1935Waxing Crescent

Monday 6 May 1935389,331 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 6, 1935, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.8% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
389,331 km241,919 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (0°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1935 is on Saturday, May 18, 1935 at 09:57 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 2, 1935 at 21:36 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Monday, May 6, 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.