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The Moon on Saturday, May 8, 2021: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on May 8, 2021Waning Crescent

Saturday 8 May 2021402,517 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 8, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
402,517 km250,112 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2021 is on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 03:32 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 19:00 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 3, 202119:50
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 11, 202119:00

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Saturday, May 8, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 2021 to the new moon of May 11, 2021, a cycle of 29.69 days.