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The Moon on Friday, May 3, 1912: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on May 3, 1912Waning Gibbous

Friday 3 May 1912394,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 3, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
394,913 km245,387 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1912 is on Wednesday, May 1, 1912 at 10:19 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 16, 1912 at 22:13 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 1, 191210:19
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 9, 191209:56

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Friday, May 3, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 1912 to the new moon of May 16, 1912, a cycle of 29.44 days.