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The Moon on Saturday, May 20, 2045: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on May 20, 2045Waxing Crescent

Saturday 20 May 2045367,197 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 20, 2045, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
367,197 km228,165 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2045 is on Tuesday, May 30, 2045 at 17:52 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 16, 2045 at 18:27 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Saturday, May 20, 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.