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The Moon on Thursday, May 2, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on May 2, 1946Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 May 1946358,079 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 2, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
358,079 km222,500 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1946 is on Thursday, May 16, 1946 at 02:53 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 1, 1946 at 13:16 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 1, 194613:16
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 8, 194605:13

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Thursday, May 2, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1946 to the new moon of May 30, 1946, a cycle of 29.31 days.