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The Moon on Monday, May 2, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on May 2, 1949Waxing Crescent

Monday 2 May 1949388,521 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 2, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
388,521 km241,415 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1949 is on Thursday, May 12, 1949 at 12:51 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 28, 1949 at 08:02 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 28, 194908:02
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 5, 194921:33

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Monday, May 2, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1949 to the new moon of May 27, 1949, a cycle of 29.60 days.