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The Moon on Thursday, May 4, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on May 4, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 4 May 1944402,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 4, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
402,344 km250,005 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1944 is on Monday, May 8, 1944 at 07:28 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 22, 1944 at 20:44 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 30, 194406:07
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 8, 194407:28

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Thursday, May 4, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 22, 1944 to the new moon of May 22, 1944, a cycle of 29.40 days.