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The Moon on Thursday, May 21, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on May 21, 1942Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 May 1942399,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 21, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.9% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
399,397 km248,174 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1942 is on Saturday, May 30, 1942 at 05:29 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 15, 1942 at 05:45 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Thursday, May 21, 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.