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The Moon on Thursday, May 14, 1942: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on May 14, 1942Waning Crescent

Thursday 14 May 1942402,846 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 14, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
402,846 km250,317 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1942 is on Thursday, April 30, 1942 at 22:00 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 15, 1942 at 05:45 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Thursday, May 14, 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.