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The Moon on Sunday, May 29, 2016: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Last Quarter at

12:12UTC

Moon phase on May 29, 2016Last Quarter

Sunday 29 May 2016375,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 29, 2016, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.2% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
375,577 km233,372 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2016 is on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 21:15 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 21, 201621:15
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 29, 201612:12
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 5, 201603:00

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Sunday, May 29, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2016 to the new moon of June 5, 2016, a cycle of 29.31 days.