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The Moon on Sunday, May 22, 2050: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on May 22, 2050Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 May 2050386,511 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 22, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
386,511 km240,166 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2050 is on Sunday, June 5, 2050 at 09:51 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 2050 at 20:51 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 20, 205020:51
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 28, 205016:04

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Sunday, May 22, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 2050 to the new moon of June 19, 2050, a cycle of 29.48 days.