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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on May 20, 2042Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 May 2042369,692 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
369,692 km229,716 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2042 is on Tuesday, June 3, 2042 at 20:48 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 19, 2042 at 10:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 19, 204210:55
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 26, 204218:18

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2042 to the new moon of June 17, 2042, a cycle of 29.37 days.