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The Moon on Sunday, May 29, 2044: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on May 29, 2044Waxing Crescent

Sunday 29 May 2044360,387 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 29, 2044, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 8.4% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
360,387 km223,934 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2044 is on Friday, June 10, 2044 at 15:16 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 2044 at 03:39 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 27, 204403:39
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 2, 204418:33

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Sunday, May 29, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 2044 to the new moon of June 25, 2044, a cycle of 29.28 days.