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The Moon on Sunday, May 2, 2066: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

First Quarter at

16:57UTC

Moon phase on May 2, 2066First Quarter

Sunday 2 May 2066397,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 2, 2066, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 48.1% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

48.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
397,840 km247,206 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2066 is on Sunday, May 9, 2066 at 18:58 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 24, 2066 at 12:30 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 24, 206612:30
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 2, 206616:57
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 9, 206618:58

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Sunday, May 2, 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.