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The Moon on Friday, May 1, 1959: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on May 1, 1959Waning Crescent

Friday 1 May 1959391,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 1, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
391,010 km242,962 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1959 is on Thursday, April 23, 1959 at 05:13 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 7, 1959 at 20:12 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 29, 195920:39
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 7, 195920:12

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Friday, May 1, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 1959 to the new moon of May 7, 1959, a cycle of 29.70 days.