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The Moon on Sunday, May 29, 2022: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on May 29, 2022Waning Crescent

Sunday 29 May 2022401,798 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 29, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
401,798 km249,666 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2022 is on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 04:14 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:31 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Sunday, May 29, 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.