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The Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 1977: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 100.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Full Moon at

13:03UTC

Moon phase on May 3, 1977Full Moon

Tuesday 3 May 1977358,198 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 3, 1977, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
358,198 km222,574 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 358,140 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1977 is on Tuesday, May 3, 1977 at 13:03 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 1977 at 02:52 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 26, 197714:42
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, May 3, 197713:03
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 10, 197704:08

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Tuesday, May 3, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1977 to the new moon of May 18, 1977, a cycle of 29.68 days.