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The Moon on Sunday, May 3, 1936: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on May 3, 1936Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 May 1936406,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 3, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.2% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
406,013 km252,285 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1936 is on Wednesday, May 6, 1936 at 15:01 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 21, 1936 at 12:33 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 28, 193611:16
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 6, 193615:01

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Sunday, May 3, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1936 to the new moon of May 20, 1936, a cycle of 29.33 days.