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The Moon on Friday, May 23, 2014: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on May 23, 2014Waning Crescent

Friday 23 May 2014375,499 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 23, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
375,499 km233,324 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2014 is on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 19:16 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 18:40 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 21, 201412:59
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 28, 201418:40

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Friday, May 23, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 2014 to the new moon of May 28, 2014, a cycle of 29.52 days.