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The Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2078: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on May 8, 2078Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 May 2078363,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 8, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
363,709 km225,998 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2078 is on Wednesday, April 27, 2078 at 04:19 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 11, 2078 at 17:56 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 5, 207802:29
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 11, 207817:56

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Sunday, May 8, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 2078 to the new moon of May 11, 2078, a cycle of 29.34 days.