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The Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1941: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

First Quarter at

12:49UTC

Moon phase on May 4, 1941First Quarter

Sunday 4 May 1941383,622 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 4, 1941, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
383,622 km238,372 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1941 is on Sunday, May 11, 1941 at 05:15 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 26, 1941 at 13:24 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 26, 194113:24
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 4, 194112:49
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 11, 194105:15

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Sunday, May 4, 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.