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The Moon on Sunday, May 3, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on May 3, 1931Waning Gibbous

Sunday 3 May 1931370,730 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 3, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
370,730 km230,361 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1931 is on Saturday, May 2, 1931 at 05:14 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 17, 1931 at 15:28 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 2, 193105:14
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 9, 193112:48

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Sunday, May 3, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1931 to the new moon of May 17, 1931, a cycle of 29.60 days.