Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1946: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

New Moon at

13:16UTC

Moon phase on May 1, 1946New Moon

Wednesday 1 May 1946358,535 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 1, 1946, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
358,535 km222,783 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1946 is on Thursday, May 16, 1946 at 02:53 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 1, 1946 at 13:16 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 24, 194615:19
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, May 1, 194613:16
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 8, 194605:13

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Wednesday, May 1, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 2, 1946 to the new moon of May 1, 1946, a cycle of 29.36 days.