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The Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 1995: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on May 23, 1995Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 May 1995390,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 23, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.6% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
390,949 km242,925 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1995 is on Sunday, May 14, 1995 at 20:48 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 29, 1995 at 09:27 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 21, 199511:36
New Moon (after)Monday, May 29, 199509:27

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Tuesday, May 23, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1995 to the new moon of May 29, 1995, a cycle of 29.66 days.