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The Moon on Thursday, May 3, 1945: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 3, 1945Waning Gibbous

Thursday 3 May 1945387,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 3, 1945, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.3% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
387,010 km240,477 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1945 is on Friday, April 27, 1945 at 10:33 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 1945 at 20:22 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 27, 194510:33
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 5, 194506:02

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Thursday, May 3, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1945 to the new moon of May 11, 1945, a cycle of 29.33 days.