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The Moon on Friday, May 3, 2047: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

First Quarter at

03:26UTC

Moon phase on May 3, 2047First Quarter

Friday 3 May 2047379,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 3, 2047, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 54.0% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

54.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
379,485 km235,801 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2047 is on Thursday, May 9, 2047 at 18:24 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 25, 2047 at 04:40 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 25, 204704:40
First Quarter (this day)Friday, May 3, 204703:26
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 9, 204718:24

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Friday, May 3, 2047 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 2047 to the new moon of May 24, 2047, a cycle of 29.66 days.