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The Moon on Thursday, May 2, 2024: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on May 2, 2024Waning Crescent

Thursday 2 May 2024369,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 2, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
369,913 km229,853 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2024 is on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 03:22 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 1, 202411:27
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 8, 202403:22

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Thursday, May 2, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 2024 to the new moon of May 8, 2024, a cycle of 29.38 days.