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The Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2098: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on May 3, 2098Waxing Crescent

Saturday 3 May 2098371,506 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 3, 2098, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
371,506 km230,843 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2098 is on Thursday, May 15, 2098 at 07:16 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 1, 2098 at 08:32 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 1, 209808:32
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 8, 209804:21

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Saturday, May 3, 2098 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 2098 to the new moon of May 30, 2098, a cycle of 29.41 days.