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The Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 2079: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on May 2, 2079Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 2 May 2079359,258 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 2, 2079, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
359,258 km223,232 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2079 is on Monday, May 15, 2079 at 20:58 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 1, 2079 at 10:57 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 1, 207910:57
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 8, 207901:37

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Tuesday, May 2, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 2079 to the new moon of May 30, 2079, a cycle of 29.32 days.