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The Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1949: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

First Quarter at

21:33UTC

Moon phase on May 5, 1949First Quarter

Thursday 5 May 1949376,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 5, 1949, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.7% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
376,220 km233,772 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1949 is on Thursday, May 12, 1949 at 12:51 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 28, 1949 at 08:02 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 28, 194908:02
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, May 5, 194921:33
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 12, 194912:51

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Thursday, May 5, 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.