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The Moon on Wednesday, May 3, 1905: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on May 3, 1905Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 May 1905404,746 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 3, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
404,746 km251,498 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1905 is on Wednesday, April 19, 1905 at 13:38 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 4, 1905 at 15:50 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 26, 190511:14
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 4, 190515:50

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Wednesday, May 3, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1905 to the new moon of May 4, 1905, a cycle of 29.68 days.