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The Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2012: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on May 15, 2012Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 May 2012399,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 15, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.2% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
399,361 km248,151 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2012 is on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 03:35 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Tuesday, May 15, 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.