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The Moon on Friday, May 3, 2013: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on May 3, 2013Waning Crescent

Friday 3 May 2013378,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 3, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.8% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
378,532 km235,209 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2013 is on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 19:57 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 00:29 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 2, 201311:14
New Moon (after)Friday, May 10, 201300:29

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Friday, May 3, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 10, 2013 to the new moon of May 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.62 days.