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The Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on May 4, 1938Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 4 May 1938365,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 4, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.8% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
365,923 km227,374 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1938 is on Saturday, May 14, 1938 at 08:39 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 1938 at 05:28 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 30, 193805:28
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 6, 193821:24

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Wednesday, May 4, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1938 to the new moon of May 29, 1938, a cycle of 29.36 days.