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The Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1997: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on May 3, 1997Waning Crescent

Saturday 3 May 1997366,617 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 3, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
366,617 km227,805 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1997 is on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 20:34 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 at 20:47 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 30, 199702:37
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 6, 199720:47

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Saturday, May 3, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 1997 to the new moon of May 6, 1997, a cycle of 29.41 days.