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The Moon on Wednesday, May 3, 1922: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on May 3, 1922Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 3 May 1922374,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 3, 1922, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
374,992 km233,009 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1922 is on Thursday, May 11, 1922 at 06:06 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 1922 at 05:04 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 27, 192205:04
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 4, 192212:55

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Wednesday, May 3, 1922 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 1922 to the new moon of May 26, 1922, a cycle of 29.54 days.