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The Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on May 3, 1969Waning Gibbous

Saturday 3 May 1969363,652 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 3, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
363,652 km225,963 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1969 is on Friday, May 2, 1969 at 05:13 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 16, 1969 at 08:26 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 2, 196905:13
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 8, 196920:12

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Saturday, May 3, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1969 to the new moon of May 16, 1969, a cycle of 29.59 days.