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The Moon on Thursday, May 2, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on May 2, 1968Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 May 1968402,343 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 2, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.1% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
402,343 km250,004 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1968 is on Sunday, May 12, 1968 at 13:05 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 27, 1968 at 15:21 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 27, 196815:21
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 5, 196817:54

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Thursday, May 2, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 1968 to the new moon of May 27, 1968, a cycle of 29.67 days.