Skip to content
The Moon on Monday, May 16, 2050: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on May 16, 2050Waning Crescent

Monday 16 May 2050369,392 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 16, 2050, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 22.8% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
369,392 km229,529 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2050 is on Friday, May 6, 2050 at 22:26 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 2050 at 20:51 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 14, 205000:04
New Moon (after)Friday, May 20, 205020:51

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Monday, May 16, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2050 to the new moon of May 20, 2050, a cycle of 29.43 days.