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The Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 2074: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on May 2, 2074Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 2 May 2074396,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 2, 2074, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 31.6% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
396,024 km246,078 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2074 is on Friday, May 11, 2074 at 02:18 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 26, 2074 at 06:48 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 26, 207406:48
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 4, 207408:53

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Wednesday, May 2, 2074 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2074 to the new moon of May 25, 2074, a cycle of 29.66 days.