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The Moon on Friday, May 3, 1901: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Full Moon at

18:19UTC

Moon phase on May 3, 1901Full Moon

Friday 3 May 1901405,787 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 3, 1901, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
405,787 km252,144 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 405,560 km from Earth. MicromoonPenumbral lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1901 is on Friday, May 3, 1901 at 18:19 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 18, 1901 at 21:37 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 25, 190116:15
Full Moon (this day)Friday, May 3, 190118:19
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 11, 190114:38

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Friday, May 3, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1901 to the new moon of May 18, 1901, a cycle of 29.33 days.