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The Moon on Monday, May 3, 1948: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on May 3, 1948Waning Crescent

Monday 3 May 1948403,018 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 3, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
403,018 km250,424 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1948 is on Friday, April 23, 1948 at 13:28 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 9, 1948 at 02:30 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 1, 194804:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 9, 194802:30

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Monday, May 3, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 1948 to the new moon of May 9, 1948, a cycle of 29.55 days.