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The Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 2046: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on May 2, 2046Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 May 2046404,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 2, 2046, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
404,253 km251,191 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2046 is on Friday, April 20, 2046 at 18:21 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 2046 at 02:56 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 27, 204623:30
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 6, 204602:56

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Wednesday, May 2, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 2046 to the new moon of May 6, 2046, a cycle of 29.63 days.