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The Moon on Friday, May 3, 1929: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on May 3, 1929Waning Crescent

Friday 3 May 1929392,268 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 3, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.0% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
392,268 km243,744 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1929 is on Tuesday, April 23, 1929 at 21:47 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 9, 1929 at 06:07 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 2, 192901:26
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 9, 192906:07

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Friday, May 3, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 1929 to the new moon of May 9, 1929, a cycle of 29.40 days.