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The Moon on Saturday, May 11, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on May 11, 2024Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 May 2024382,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 11, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.0% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
382,833 km237,882 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 2024 is on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 13:53 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 03:22 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 8, 202403:22
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 15, 202411:48

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Saturday, May 11, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2024 to the new moon of June 6, 2024, a cycle of 29.39 days.