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The Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 2022: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on May 24, 2022Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 May 2022384,505 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.9% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
384,505 km238,920 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2022 is on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 04:14 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:31 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Tuesday, May 24, 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.