Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°
Moon age
14.7days
Moon phase on May 3, 2015Waxing Gibbous
On Sunday, May 3, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
397,053 km246,717 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 3, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 15 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, April 25, 2015 | 23:55 |
| Full Moon (after) | Monday, May 4, 2015 | 03:42 |
The Moon around May 3
More about this date
Sunday, May 3, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2015 to the new moon of May 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.39 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.