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The Moon on Monday, May 5, 2098: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on May 5, 2098Waxing Crescent

Monday 5 May 2098368,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 5, 2098, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 21.0% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
368,932 km229,243 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2098 is on Thursday, May 15, 2098 at 07:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 1, 2098 at 08:32 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Monday, May 5, 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.