Waning · 8.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°
Moon age
27.0days
Moon phase on May 4, 2016Waning Crescent
On Wednesday, May 4, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
360,399 km223,941 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 4, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 19:30 UTC, 2 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Saturday, April 30, 2016 | 03:29 |
| New Moon (after) | Friday, May 6, 2016 | 19:30 |
The Moon around May 4
More about this date
Wednesday, May 4, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.