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The Moon on Saturday, May 23, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on May 23, 2015Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 May 2015397,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 23, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
397,005 km246,688 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2015 is on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 16:19 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 04:13 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Saturday, May 23, 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.