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The Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 2020: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on May 20, 2020Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 May 2020403,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 20, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
403,361 km250,637 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:39 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Wednesday, May 20, 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.