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The Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on May 5, 1942Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 May 1942367,453 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 5, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.1% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
367,453 km228,324 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1942 is on Thursday, April 30, 1942 at 22:00 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 15, 1942 at 05:45 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Tuesday, May 5, 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.