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The Moon on Sunday, May 7, 2056: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 40.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on May 7, 2056Waning Crescent

Sunday 7 May 2056393,518 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 7, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 40.7% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
393,518 km244,521 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 2056 is on Saturday, April 29, 2056 at 18:31 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 2056 at 16:06 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 6, 205613:30
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 14, 205616:06

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Sunday, May 7, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 2056 to the new moon of May 14, 2056, a cycle of 29.68 days.