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The Moon on Thursday, May 29, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on May 29, 1941Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 May 1941395,662 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 29, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.2% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
395,662 km245,853 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1941 is on Monday, June 9, 1941 at 12:34 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 26, 1941 at 05:19 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 26, 194105:19
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 2, 194121:56

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Thursday, May 29, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 26, 1941 to the new moon of June 24, 1941, a cycle of 29.59 days.