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The Moon on Monday, May 2, 2016: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on May 2, 2016Waning Crescent

Monday 2 May 2016368,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 2, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.1% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
368,876 km229,209 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 19:30 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 30, 201603:29
New Moon (after)Friday, May 6, 201619:30

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Monday, May 2, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 2016 to the new moon of May 6, 2016, a cycle of 29.34 days.