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The Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on May 24, 2012Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 May 2012398,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 24, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.1% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
398,861 km247,841 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2012 is on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 20, 201223:47
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 28, 201220:16

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Thursday, May 24, 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.