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The Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on May 11, 1943Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 11 May 1943404,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 11, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.5% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
404,020 km251,046 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1943 is on Wednesday, May 19, 1943 at 21:13 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 4, 1943 at 09:43 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Tuesday, May 11, 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.