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The Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on May 3, 1949Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 3 May 1949384,601 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 3, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.1% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
384,601 km238,980 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1949 is on Thursday, May 12, 1949 at 12:51 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 28, 1949 at 08:02 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 28, 194908:02
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 5, 194921:33

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Tuesday, May 3, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1949 to the new moon of May 27, 1949, a cycle of 29.60 days.