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The Moon on Sunday, May 15, 1994: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on May 15, 1994Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 May 1994393,365 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 15, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
393,365 km244,426 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1994 is on Wednesday, May 25, 1994 at 03:39 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 10, 1994 at 17:07 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 10, 199417:07
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 18, 199412:50

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Sunday, May 15, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1994 to the new moon of June 9, 1994, a cycle of 29.64 days.