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The Moon on Sunday, May 2, 1948: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on May 2, 1948Waning Crescent

Sunday 2 May 1948404,217 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 2, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.9% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
404,217 km251,169 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1948 is on Friday, April 23, 1948 at 13:28 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 9, 1948 at 02:30 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 1, 194804:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 9, 194802:30

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Sunday, May 2, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 1948 to the new moon of May 9, 1948, a cycle of 29.55 days.