Skip to content
The Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 2076: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on May 5, 2076Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 May 2076392,113 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 5, 2076, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
392,113 km243,647 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2076 is on Monday, May 18, 2076 at 17:38 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 3, 2076 at 04:52 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 3, 207604:52
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 11, 207602:50

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Tuesday, May 5, 2076 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2076 to the new moon of June 1, 2076, a cycle of 29.52 days.