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The Moon on Friday, May 23, 2036: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on May 23, 2036Waning Crescent

Friday 23 May 2036379,174 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 23, 2036, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 6.9% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
379,174 km235,607 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2036 is on Saturday, May 10, 2036 at 08:10 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 25, 2036 at 19:17 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 18, 203608:40
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 25, 203619:17

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Friday, May 23, 2036 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2036 to the new moon of May 25, 2036, a cycle of 29.41 days.