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The Moon on Friday, May 22, 2009: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on May 22, 2009Waning Crescent

Friday 22 May 2009371,428 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 22, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
371,428 km230,795 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2009 is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 04:02 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 12:11 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 17, 200907:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 24, 200912:11

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Friday, May 22, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 2009 to the new moon of May 24, 2009, a cycle of 29.37 days.