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The Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1940: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on May 1, 1940Waning Crescent

Wednesday 1 May 1940404,236 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 1, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.8% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
404,236 km251,181 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1940 is on Monday, April 22, 1940 at 04:37 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 7, 1940 at 12:07 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 29, 194007:49
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 7, 194012:07

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Wednesday, May 1, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 1940 to the new moon of May 7, 1940, a cycle of 29.66 days.