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The Moon on Monday, May 1, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on May 1, 2017Waxing Crescent

Monday 1 May 2017370,043 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 1, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.4% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
370,043 km229,934 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 12:16 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 26, 201712:16
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 3, 201702:47

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Monday, May 1, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2017 to the new moon of May 25, 2017, a cycle of 29.31 days.