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The Moon on Thursday, May 14, 2015: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on May 14, 2015Waning Crescent

Thursday 14 May 2015366,156 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 14, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.5% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
366,156 km227,519 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 11, 201510:36
New Moon (after)Monday, May 18, 201504:13

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Thursday, May 14, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2015 to the new moon of May 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.39 days.