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The Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 2054: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 6, 2054Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 May 2054385,138 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 6, 2054, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
385,138 km239,314 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2054 is on Wednesday, April 22, 2054 at 04:02 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 7, 2054 at 17:01 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 29, 205420:46
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 7, 205417:01

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Wednesday, May 6, 2054 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 2054 to the new moon of May 7, 2054, a cycle of 29.52 days.