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The Moon on Monday, May 4, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on May 4, 1942Waning Gibbous

Monday 4 May 1942363,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 4, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.9% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
363,709 km225,998 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1942 is on Thursday, April 30, 1942 at 22:00 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 15, 1942 at 05:45 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 30, 194222:00
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 7, 194212:13

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Monday, May 4, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1942 to the new moon of May 15, 1942, a cycle of 29.63 days.