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The Moon on Sunday, May 14, 2023: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on May 14, 2023Waning Crescent

Sunday 14 May 2023372,166 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 14, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.0% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
372,166 km231,253 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 2023 is on Friday, May 5, 2023 at 17:34 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 19, 2023 at 15:53 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 12, 202314:28
New Moon (after)Friday, May 19, 202315:53

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Sunday, May 14, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 2023 to the new moon of May 19, 2023, a cycle of 29.49 days.