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The Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on May 4, 2011Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 4 May 2011397,978 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 4, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
397,978 km247,292 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 3, 201106:51
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 10, 201120:33

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2011 to the new moon of June 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.59 days.