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The Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 2087: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on May 6, 2087Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 6 May 2087370,554 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 6, 2087, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 19.3% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
370,554 km230,252 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 2087 is on Saturday, May 17, 2087 at 15:55 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 2, 2087 at 17:51 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 2, 208717:51
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 9, 208713:09

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Tuesday, May 6, 2087 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 2087 to the new moon of June 1, 2087, a cycle of 29.32 days.