Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, May 20, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on May 20, 2018Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 May 2018367,780 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 20, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.6% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
367,780 km228,528 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2018 is on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 14:20 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 11:48 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 15, 201811:48
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 22, 201803:49

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Sunday, May 20, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 2018 to the new moon of June 13, 2018, a cycle of 29.33 days.