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The Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 2024: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 63.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on May 29, 2024Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 29 May 2024372,714 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 29, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.8% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
372,714 km231,594 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2024 is on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 13:53 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 12:38 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 23, 202413:53
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 30, 202417:13

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Wednesday, May 29, 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.