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The Moon on Sunday, May 17, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on May 17, 1942Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 May 1942406,293 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 17, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
406,293 km252,459 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1942 is on Saturday, May 30, 1942 at 05:29 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 15, 1942 at 05:45 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 15, 194205:45
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 23, 194209:11

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Sunday, May 17, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1942 to the new moon of June 13, 1942, a cycle of 29.64 days.