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The Moon on Friday, May 8, 2043: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on May 8, 2043Waning Crescent

Friday 8 May 2043357,489 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 8, 2043, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
357,489 km222,133 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2043 is on Friday, April 24, 2043 at 07:23 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 9, 2043 at 03:21 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Friday, May 8, 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.