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The Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1943: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on May 1, 1943Waning Crescent

Saturday 1 May 1943377,748 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 1, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
377,748 km234,722 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1943 is on Tuesday, April 20, 1943 at 11:11 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 4, 1943 at 09:43 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 27, 194307:51
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 4, 194309:43

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Saturday, May 1, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1943 to the new moon of May 4, 1943, a cycle of 29.49 days.