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The Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2066: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on May 1, 2066Waxing Crescent

Saturday 1 May 2066401,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 1, 2066, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
401,437 km249,442 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 2066 is on Sunday, May 9, 2066 at 18:58 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 24, 2066 at 12:30 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 24, 206612:30
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 2, 206616:57

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Saturday, May 1, 2066 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 2066 to the new moon of May 24, 2066, a cycle of 29.63 days.