Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°
Moon age
0.8days
Moon phase on May 23, 2020Waxing Crescent
On Saturday, May 23, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.
0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
395,380 km245,678 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 23, 2020 is on Friday, June 5, 2020 at 19:12 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:39 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, May 22, 2020 | 17:39 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, May 30, 2020 | 03:30 |
The Moon around May 23
More about this date
Saturday, May 23, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 2020 to the new moon of June 21, 2020, a cycle of 29.54 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2020, or the whole moon calendar 2020.
- The same date one year apart: 2019 · 2021.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.