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The Moon on Thursday, May 3, 2007: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on May 3, 2007Waning Gibbous

Thursday 3 May 2007403,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 3, 2007, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
403,085 km250,466 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2007 is on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at 10:10 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 19:27 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 2, 200710:10
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 10, 200704:27

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Thursday, May 3, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 2007 to the new moon of May 16, 2007, a cycle of 29.33 days.