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The Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 1984: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 29, 1984Waning Crescent

Tuesday 29 May 1984390,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 29, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
390,146 km242,426 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1984 is on Tuesday, May 15, 1984 at 04:29 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 30, 1984 at 16:48 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 22, 198417:45
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 30, 198416:48

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Tuesday, May 29, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1984 to the new moon of May 30, 1984, a cycle of 29.54 days.