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The Moon on Saturday, May 20, 2017: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on May 20, 2017Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 May 2017380,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 20, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.8% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
380,334 km236,328 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 19:45 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 19, 201700:33
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 25, 201719:45

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Saturday, May 20, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2017 to the new moon of May 25, 2017, a cycle of 29.31 days.