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The Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2043: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on May 12, 2043Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 May 2043367,303 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 12, 2043, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
367,303 km228,232 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2043 is on Saturday, May 23, 2043 at 23:37 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 9, 2043 at 03:21 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 9, 204303:21
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 15, 204321:05

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Tuesday, May 12, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 2043 to the new moon of June 7, 2043, a cycle of 29.30 days.