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The Moon on Friday, May 5, 2051: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on May 5, 2051Waning Crescent

Friday 5 May 2051369,147 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 5, 2051, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 31.5% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
369,147 km229,377 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2051 is on Wednesday, April 26, 2051 at 02:19 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 10, 2051 at 10:29 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 3, 205119:31
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 10, 205110:29

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Friday, May 5, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 2051 to the new moon of May 10, 2051, a cycle of 29.35 days.