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The Moon on Friday, May 8, 1942: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on May 8, 1942Waning Crescent

Friday 8 May 1942381,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 8, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.4% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
381,600 km237,115 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1942 is on Thursday, April 30, 1942 at 22:00 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 15, 1942 at 05:45 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 7, 194212:13
New Moon (after)Friday, May 15, 194205:45

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Friday, May 8, 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.