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The Moon on Sunday, May 2, 2038: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on May 2, 2038Waning Crescent

Sunday 2 May 2038406,490 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 2, 2038, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
406,490 km252,581 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2038 is on Monday, April 19, 2038 at 10:36 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 4, 2038 at 09:20 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 26, 203806:15
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 4, 203809:20

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Sunday, May 2, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 2038 to the new moon of May 4, 2038, a cycle of 29.69 days.