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The Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 1995: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on May 24, 1995Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 May 1995395,200 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 24, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
395,200 km245,566 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1995 is on Sunday, May 14, 1995 at 20:48 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 29, 1995 at 09:27 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Wednesday, May 24, 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.