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The Moon on Friday, May 15, 2020: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on May 15, 2020Waning Crescent

Friday 15 May 2020401,053 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 15, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.3% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
401,053 km249,203 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:39 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 14, 202014:03
New Moon (after)Friday, May 22, 202017:39

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Friday, May 15, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 2020 to the new moon of May 22, 2020, a cycle of 29.63 days.