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The Moon on Sunday, May 3, 1992: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on May 3, 1992Waxing Crescent

Sunday 3 May 1992378,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 3, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
378,067 km234,920 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1992 is on Saturday, May 16, 1992 at 16:03 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 2, 1992 at 17:45 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 2, 199217:45
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 9, 199215:44

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Sunday, May 3, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1992 to the new moon of June 1, 1992, a cycle of 29.43 days.