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The Moon on Friday, May 3, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on May 3, 1991Waning Gibbous

Friday 3 May 1991405,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 3, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
405,016 km251,665 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1991 is on Sunday, April 28, 1991 at 20:59 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 14, 1991 at 04:36 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 28, 199120:59
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 7, 199100:46

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Friday, May 3, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 1991 to the new moon of May 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.37 days.