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The Moon on Thursday, May 2, 1940: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on May 2, 1940Waning Crescent

Thursday 2 May 1940405,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 2, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.5% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
405,290 km251,835 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1940 is on Monday, April 22, 1940 at 04:37 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 7, 1940 at 12:07 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Thursday, May 2, 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.