Waning · 98.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°
Moon age
16.4days
Moon phase on May 24, 2024Waning Gibbous
On Friday, May 24, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
387,320 km240,670 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 24, 2024 is on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 13:53 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 12:38 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, May 23, 2024 | 13:53 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Thursday, May 30, 2024 | 17:13 |
The Moon around May 24
More about this date
Friday, May 24, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2024, or the whole moon calendar 2024.
- The same date one year apart: 2023 · 2025.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.