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The Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on May 7, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 7 May 1941366,574 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 7, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
366,574 km227,778 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Wednesday, May 7, 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.