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The Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 1937: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on May 5, 1937Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 May 1937378,341 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 5, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.2% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
378,341 km235,090 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1937 is on Sunday, April 25, 1937 at 15:24 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 10, 1937 at 13:18 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 3, 193718:37
New Moon (after)Monday, May 10, 193713:18

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Wednesday, May 5, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1937 to the new moon of May 10, 1937, a cycle of 29.34 days.