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The Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2070: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on May 8, 2070Waning Crescent

Thursday 8 May 2070363,703 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 8, 2070, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
363,703 km225,994 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2070 is on Friday, April 25, 2070 at 09:31 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 10, 2070 at 11:08 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 3, 207013:11
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 10, 207011:08

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Thursday, May 8, 2070 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 2070 to the new moon of May 10, 2070, a cycle of 29.36 days.