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The Moon on Monday, May 3, 1943: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on May 3, 1943Waning Crescent

Monday 3 May 1943384,154 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 3, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
384,154 km238,702 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1943 is on Tuesday, April 20, 1943 at 11:11 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 4, 1943 at 09:43 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 27, 194307:51
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 4, 194309:43

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Monday, May 3, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1943 to the new moon of May 4, 1943, a cycle of 29.49 days.