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The Moon on Sunday, May 24, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on May 24, 2020Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 May 2020392,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 24, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
392,085 km243,630 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2020 is on Friday, June 5, 2020 at 19:12 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:39 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 22, 202017:39
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 30, 202003:30

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Sunday, May 24, 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.