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The Moon on Friday, May 7, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on May 7, 1943Waxing Crescent

Friday 7 May 1943398,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 7, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.8% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
398,827 km247,820 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1943 is on Wednesday, May 19, 1943 at 21:13 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 4, 1943 at 09:43 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 4, 194309:43
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 12, 194309:53

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Friday, May 7, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1943 to the new moon of June 2, 1943, a cycle of 29.53 days.