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The Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2037: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on May 17, 2037Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 May 2037381,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 17, 2037, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
381,566 km237,094 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2037 is on Friday, May 29, 2037 at 04:24 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 15, 2037 at 05:54 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 15, 203705:54
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 22, 203709:08

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Sunday, May 17, 2037 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 2037 to the new moon of June 13, 2037, a cycle of 29.47 days.