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The Moon on Sunday, May 3, 1998: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

First Quarter at

10:04UTC

Moon phase on May 3, 1998First Quarter

Sunday 3 May 1998393,745 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 3, 1998, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.9% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
393,745 km244,662 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1998 is on Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:30 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 11:41 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 26, 199811:41
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 3, 199810:04
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 11, 199814:30

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Sunday, May 3, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 1998 to the new moon of May 25, 1998, a cycle of 29.33 days.