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The Moon on Friday, May 12, 2045: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on May 12, 2045Waning Crescent

Friday 12 May 2045394,048 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 12, 2045, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 19.6% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
394,048 km244,850 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (30°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2045 is on Monday, May 1, 2045 at 05:52 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 16, 2045 at 18:27 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 9, 204502:51
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 16, 204518:27

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Friday, May 12, 2045 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 2045 to the new moon of May 16, 2045, a cycle of 29.46 days.