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The Moon on Monday, May 29, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on May 29, 1944Waxing Crescent

Monday 29 May 1944403,782 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 29, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 45.4% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

45.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
403,782 km250,899 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1944 is on Tuesday, June 6, 1944 at 18:58 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 22, 1944 at 06:13 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 22, 194406:13
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 30, 194400:07

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Monday, May 29, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 1944 to the new moon of June 20, 1944, a cycle of 29.45 days.