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The Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2053: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on May 3, 2053Waning Gibbous

Saturday 3 May 2053398,662 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 3, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
398,662 km247,717 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2053 is on Friday, May 2, 2053 at 20:25 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 2053 at 03:43 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 2, 205320:25
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 10, 205323:40

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Saturday, May 3, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2053 to the new moon of May 18, 2053, a cycle of 29.37 days.