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The Moon on Friday, May 3, 2052: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on May 3, 2052Waxing Crescent

Friday 3 May 2052369,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 3, 2052, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
369,999 km229,907 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2052 is on Monday, May 13, 2052 at 19:00 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 29, 2052 at 03:21 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 29, 205203:21
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 5, 205219:05

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Friday, May 3, 2052 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 2052 to the new moon of May 28, 2052, a cycle of 29.31 days.