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The Moon on Thursday, May 23, 2047: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on May 23, 2047Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 May 2047405,071 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 23, 2047, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
405,071 km251,699 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2047 is on Thursday, May 9, 2047 at 18:24 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 24, 2047 at 20:28 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Thursday, May 23, 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.