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The Moon on Saturday, May 9, 2048: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on May 9, 2048Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 May 2048397,580 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 9, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
397,580 km247,044 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2048 is on Tuesday, April 28, 2048 at 11:13 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 12, 2048 at 20:58 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Saturday, May 9, 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.