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The Moon on Friday, May 23, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on May 23, 2042Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 May 2042385,718 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 23, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 19.6% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
385,718 km239,674 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2042 is on Tuesday, June 3, 2042 at 20:48 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 19, 2042 at 10:55 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Friday, May 23, 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.