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The Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on May 20, 2015Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 May 2015382,451 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.8% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
382,451 km237,644 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2015 is on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 16:19 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 18, 201504:13
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 25, 201517:19

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2015 to the new moon of June 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.