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The Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2015: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on May 17, 2015Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 May 2015369,644 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 17, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
369,644 km229,686 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2015 is on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 03:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Sunday, May 17, 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.