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The Moon on Friday, May 3, 2030: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on May 3, 2030Waxing Crescent

Friday 3 May 2030406,202 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 3, 2030, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
406,202 km252,402 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2030 is on Friday, May 17, 2030 at 11:19 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 2, 2030 at 14:12 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 2, 203014:12
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 10, 203017:12

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Friday, May 3, 2030 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 2030 to the new moon of June 1, 2030, a cycle of 29.67 days.