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The Moon on Saturday, May 7, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on May 7, 2011Waxing Crescent

Saturday 7 May 2011387,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 7, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.9% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
387,802 km240,969 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Saturday, May 7, 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.