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The Moon on Monday, May 22, 2017: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on May 22, 2017Waning Crescent

Monday 22 May 2017368,306 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 22, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
368,306 km228,855 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 19:45 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Monday, May 22, 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.