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The Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on May 3, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 3 May 1947388,610 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 3, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
388,610 km241,471 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1947 is on Monday, May 5, 1947 at 04:53 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 21, 1947 at 04:19 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, April 27, 194722:18
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 5, 194704:53

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Saturday, May 3, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1947 to the new moon of May 20, 1947, a cycle of 29.39 days.