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The Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 2017: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on May 24, 2017Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 May 2017359,531 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 24, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
359,531 km223,402 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2017 is on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 21:43 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 19:45 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Wednesday, May 24, 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.