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The Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 2043: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on May 6, 2043Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 May 2043363,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 6, 2043, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 10.2% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
363,413 km225,814 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2043 is on Friday, April 24, 2043 at 07:23 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 9, 2043 at 03:21 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 2, 204308:59
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 9, 204303:21

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Wednesday, May 6, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 2043 to the new moon of May 9, 2043, a cycle of 29.34 days.