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The Moon on Friday, May 3, 2019: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on May 3, 2019Waning Crescent

Friday 3 May 2019393,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 3, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
393,749 km244,664 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2019 is on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11:12 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 22:46 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 26, 201922:19
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 4, 201922:46

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Friday, May 3, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 5, 2019 to the new moon of May 4, 2019, a cycle of 29.58 days.