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The Moon on Thursday, May 12, 2078: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on May 12, 2078Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 May 2078360,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 12, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
360,035 km223,715 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2078 is on Thursday, May 26, 2078 at 20:23 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 11, 2078 at 17:56 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 11, 207817:56
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 18, 207816:16

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Thursday, May 12, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2078 to the new moon of June 10, 2078, a cycle of 29.33 days.