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The Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2024: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on May 5, 2024Waning Crescent

Sunday 5 May 2024363,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 5, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
363,277 km225,730 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2024 is on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 03:22 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Sunday, May 5, 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.