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The Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2038: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on May 9, 2038Waxing Crescent

Sunday 9 May 2038390,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 9, 2038, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 23.2% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
390,520 km242,658 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2038 is on Tuesday, May 18, 2038 at 18:23 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 4, 2038 at 09:20 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Sunday, May 9, 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.