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The Moon on Friday, May 11, 2046: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on May 11, 2046Waxing Crescent

Friday 11 May 2046377,063 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 11, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 29.1% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
377,063 km234,296 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 2046 is on Sunday, May 20, 2046 at 03:15 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 2046 at 02:56 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Friday, May 11, 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.