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The Moon on Sunday, May 3, 1903: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on May 3, 1903Waxing Crescent

Sunday 3 May 1903369,299 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 3, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.9% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
369,299 km229,472 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1903 is on Monday, May 11, 1903 at 13:18 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 27, 1903 at 13:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 27, 190313:31
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 4, 190307:26

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Sunday, May 3, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 1903 to the new moon of May 26, 1903, a cycle of 29.39 days.