Waxing · 11.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°
Moon age
3.0days
Moon phase on May 22, 2042Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, May 22, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
380,015 km236,130 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 22, 2042 is on Tuesday, June 3, 2042 at 20:48 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 19, 2042 at 10:55 UTC, 3 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, May 19, 2042 | 10:55 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, May 26, 2042 | 18:18 |
The Moon around May 22
More about this date
Thursday, May 22, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2042, or the whole moon calendar 2042.
- The same date one year apart: 2041 · 2043.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.