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The Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 2019: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on May 29, 2019Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 May 2019398,822 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 29, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.4% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
398,822 km247,817 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2019 is on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 21:11 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 10:02 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 26, 201916:34
New Moon (after)Monday, June 3, 201910:02

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2019 to the new moon of June 3, 2019, a cycle of 29.47 days.