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The Moon on Monday, May 23, 2022: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on May 23, 2022Waning Crescent

Monday 23 May 2022379,872 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 23, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.3% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
379,872 km236,041 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2022 is on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 04:14 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:31 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 22, 202218:43
New Moon (after)Monday, May 30, 202211:31

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Monday, May 23, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2022 to the new moon of May 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.