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The Moon on Saturday, May 24, 1941: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on May 24, 1941Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 May 1941406,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 24, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
406,034 km252,297 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1941 is on Sunday, May 11, 1941 at 05:15 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 26, 1941 at 05:19 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 18, 194101:17
New Moon (after)Monday, May 26, 194105:19

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Saturday, May 24, 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.