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The Moon on Thursday, May 3, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on May 3, 1984Waxing Crescent

Thursday 3 May 1984387,699 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 3, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
387,699 km240,905 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1984 is on Tuesday, May 15, 1984 at 04:29 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 1, 1984 at 03:46 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 1, 198403:46
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 8, 198411:50

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Thursday, May 3, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1984 to the new moon of May 30, 1984, a cycle of 29.54 days.