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The Moon on Friday, May 5, 2073: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on May 5, 2073Waning Crescent

Friday 5 May 2073404,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 5, 2073, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
404,355 km251,254 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2073 is on Saturday, April 22, 2073 at 01:54 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 2073 at 06:15 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 29, 207301:38
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 7, 207306:15

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Friday, May 5, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 2073 to the new moon of May 7, 2073, a cycle of 29.67 days.