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The Moon on Wednesday, May 17, 2045: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on May 17, 2045Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 May 2045371,675 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 17, 2045, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
371,675 km230,948 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2045 is on Tuesday, May 30, 2045 at 17:52 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 16, 2045 at 18:27 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 16, 204518:27
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 23, 204512:38

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Wednesday, May 17, 2045 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 2045 to the new moon of June 15, 2045, a cycle of 29.36 days.