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The Moon on Thursday, May 3, 1962: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on May 3, 1962Waning Crescent

Thursday 3 May 1962364,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 3, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
364,255 km226,337 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1962 is on Friday, April 20, 1962 at 00:33 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 4, 1962 at 04:25 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 27, 196212:59
New Moon (after)Friday, May 4, 196204:25

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Thursday, May 3, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1962 to the new moon of May 4, 1962, a cycle of 29.36 days.