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The Moon on Saturday, May 5, 2040: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on May 5, 2040Waning Crescent

Saturday 5 May 2040376,613 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 5, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 31.8% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
376,613 km234,016 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2040 is on Friday, April 27, 2040 at 02:38 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 2040 at 03:28 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 3, 204020:00
New Moon (after)Friday, May 11, 204003:28

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Saturday, May 5, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 2040 to the new moon of May 11, 2040, a cycle of 29.56 days.