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The Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 2048: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on May 6, 2048Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 May 2048385,458 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 6, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 35.3% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
385,458 km239,513 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2048 is on Tuesday, April 28, 2048 at 11:13 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 12, 2048 at 20:58 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 5, 204802:22
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 12, 204820:58

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Wednesday, May 6, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 2048 to the new moon of May 12, 2048, a cycle of 29.65 days.