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The Moon on Monday, May 14, 2012: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on May 14, 2012Waning Crescent

Monday 14 May 2012395,332 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 14, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.2% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
395,332 km245,648 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 2012 is on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 03:35 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 12, 201221:47
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 20, 201223:47

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Monday, May 14, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2012 to the new moon of May 20, 2012, a cycle of 29.69 days.