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The Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2081: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on May 3, 2081Waning Crescent

Saturday 3 May 2081403,971 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 3, 2081, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 26.4% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
403,971 km251,016 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2081 is on Wednesday, April 23, 2081 at 10:20 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 2081 at 22:09 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 30, 208121:24
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 8, 208122:09

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Saturday, May 3, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 2081 to the new moon of May 8, 2081, a cycle of 29.58 days.