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The Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on May 14, 2024Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 14 May 2024398,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 14, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.6% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
398,013 km247,313 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 2024 is on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 13:53 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 03:22 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Tuesday, May 14, 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.