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The Moon on Sunday, May 7, 2051: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on May 7, 2051Waning Crescent

Sunday 7 May 2051362,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 7, 2051, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
362,088 km224,991 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 2051 is on Wednesday, April 26, 2051 at 02:19 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 10, 2051 at 10:29 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Sunday, May 7, 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.