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The Moon on Monday, May 5, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on May 5, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 May 1941377,832 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 5, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.5% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
377,832 km234,774 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1941 is on Sunday, May 11, 1941 at 05:15 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 26, 1941 at 13:24 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 4, 194112:49
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 11, 194105:15

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Monday, May 5, 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.