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The Moon on Friday, May 8, 2076: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on May 8, 2076Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 May 2076402,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 8, 2076, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 26.2% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
402,232 km249,935 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2076 is on Monday, May 18, 2076 at 17:38 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 3, 2076 at 04:52 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Friday, May 8, 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.