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The Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 2068: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on May 2, 2068Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 2 May 2068370,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 2, 2068, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
370,938 km230,490 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2068 is on Thursday, May 17, 2068 at 05:35 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 1, 2068 at 18:07 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 1, 206818:07
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 9, 206804:47

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Wednesday, May 2, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 2068 to the new moon of May 31, 2068, a cycle of 29.41 days.