Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2057: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on May 6, 2057Waxing Crescent

Sunday 6 May 2057405,860 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 6, 2057, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 7.1% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
405,860 km252,190 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2057 is on Friday, May 18, 2057 at 19:02 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 3, 2057 at 16:32 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 3, 205716:32
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 11, 205721:07

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Sunday, May 6, 2057 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2057 to the new moon of June 2, 2057, a cycle of 29.65 days.