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The Moon on Monday, May 22, 2028: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on May 22, 2028Waning Crescent

Monday 22 May 2028391,127 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 22, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
391,127 km243,035 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2028 is on Monday, May 8, 2028 at 19:49 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 24, 2028 at 08:16 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 16, 202810:43
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 24, 202808:16

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Monday, May 22, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 2028 to the new moon of May 24, 2028, a cycle of 29.52 days.