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The Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 2081: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on May 6, 2081Waning Crescent

Tuesday 6 May 2081396,557 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 6, 2081, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
396,557 km246,409 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2081 is on Wednesday, April 23, 2081 at 10:20 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 2081 at 22:09 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Tuesday, May 6, 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.