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The Moon on Friday, May 17, 2047: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

22.3days

Moon phase on May 17, 2047Waning Crescent

Friday 17 May 2047396,719 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 17, 2047, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 42.2% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
396,719 km246,510 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2047 is on Thursday, May 9, 2047 at 18:24 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 24, 2047 at 20:28 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 16, 204716:46
New Moon (after)Friday, May 24, 204720:28

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Friday, May 17, 2047 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 2047 to the new moon of May 24, 2047, a cycle of 29.66 days.