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The Moon on Friday, May 29, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on May 29, 2020Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 May 2020374,395 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 29, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
374,395 km232,638 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (0°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2020 is on Friday, June 5, 2020 at 19:12 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:39 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Friday, May 29, 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.