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The Moon on Thursday, May 3, 1951: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on May 3, 1951Waning Crescent

Thursday 3 May 1951393,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 3, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
393,206 km244,327 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1951 is on Saturday, April 21, 1951 at 21:30 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 1951 at 01:36 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 28, 195112:18
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 6, 195101:36

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Thursday, May 3, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 1951 to the new moon of May 6, 1951, a cycle of 29.61 days.