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The Moon on Friday, May 2, 2008: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on May 2, 2008Waning Crescent

Friday 2 May 2008369,259 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 2, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.8% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
369,259 km229,447 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2008 is on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 10:26 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:18 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 28, 200814:12
New Moon (after)Monday, May 5, 200812:18

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Friday, May 2, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 2008 to the new moon of May 5, 2008, a cycle of 29.35 days.