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The Moon on Friday, May 2, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on May 2, 1941Waxing Crescent

Friday 2 May 1941393,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 2, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.7% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
393,841 km244,721 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1941 is on Sunday, May 11, 1941 at 05:15 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 26, 1941 at 13:24 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 26, 194113:24
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 4, 194112:49

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Friday, May 2, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 1941 to the new moon of May 26, 1941, a cycle of 29.66 days.