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The Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 2046: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on May 8, 2046Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 8 May 2046387,021 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 8, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
387,021 km240,484 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2046 is on Sunday, May 20, 2046 at 03:15 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 2046 at 02:56 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 6, 204602:56
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 13, 204610:25

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Tuesday, May 8, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2046 to the new moon of June 4, 2046, a cycle of 29.52 days.