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The Moon on Wednesday, May 3, 1933: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on May 3, 1933Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 3 May 1933391,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 3, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.7% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
391,140 km243,043 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1933 is on Tuesday, May 9, 1933 at 22:04 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 24, 1933 at 18:38 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 2, 193322:39
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 9, 193322:04

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Wednesday, May 3, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 1933 to the new moon of May 24, 1933, a cycle of 29.64 days.