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The Moon on Monday, May 3, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 3, 1926Waning Gibbous

Monday 3 May 1926372,764 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 3, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.3% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
372,764 km231,625 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1926 is on Wednesday, April 28, 1926 at 00:17 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 1926 at 22:55 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 28, 192600:17
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 5, 192603:13

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Monday, May 3, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1926 to the new moon of May 11, 1926, a cycle of 29.42 days.