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The Moon on Sunday, May 11, 2081: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on May 11, 2081Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 May 2081378,595 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 11, 2081, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
378,595 km235,248 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 2081 is on Thursday, May 22, 2081 at 20:26 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 8, 2081 at 22:09 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 8, 208122:09
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 15, 208123:21

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Sunday, May 11, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2081 to the new moon of June 7, 2081, a cycle of 29.45 days.