Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°
Moon age
2.5days
Moon phase on May 23, 2012Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, May 23, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.
5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
401,643 km249,569 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (0°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 23, 2012 is on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 3 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, May 20, 2012 | 23:47 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, May 28, 2012 | 20:16 |
The Moon around May 23
More about this date
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 2012 to the new moon of June 19, 2012, a cycle of 29.64 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2012, or the whole moon calendar 2012.
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