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The Moon on Saturday, May 4, 2024: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on May 4, 2024Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 May 2024364,492 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 4, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
364,492 km226,485 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 2024 is on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 03:22 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Saturday, May 4, 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.