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The Moon on Saturday, May 8, 2038: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on May 8, 2038Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 May 2038394,492 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 8, 2038, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 15.3% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
394,492 km245,126 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2038 is on Tuesday, May 18, 2038 at 18:23 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 4, 2038 at 09:20 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 4, 203809:20
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 12, 203804:18

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Saturday, May 8, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2038 to the new moon of June 3, 2038, a cycle of 29.63 days.