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The Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 2028: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on May 23, 2028Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 May 2028386,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 23, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
386,952 km240,441 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2028 is on Monday, May 8, 2028 at 19:49 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 24, 2028 at 08:16 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Tuesday, May 23, 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.