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The Moon on Friday, May 4, 1951: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on May 4, 1951Waning Crescent

Friday 4 May 1951396,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 4, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
396,422 km246,325 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1951 is on Saturday, April 21, 1951 at 21:30 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 1951 at 01:36 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 28, 195112:18
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 6, 195101:36

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Friday, May 4, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 1951 to the new moon of May 6, 1951, a cycle of 29.61 days.