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The Moon on Sunday, May 29, 2011: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on May 29, 2011Waning Crescent

Sunday 29 May 2011402,685 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 29, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
402,685 km250,217 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 21:03 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 24, 201118:52
New Moon (after)Wednesday, June 1, 201121:03

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Sunday, May 29, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2011 to the new moon of June 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.59 days.