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The Moon on Monday, May 23, 2050: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on May 23, 2050Waxing Crescent

Monday 23 May 2050391,027 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 23, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
391,027 km242,973 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2050 is on Sunday, June 5, 2050 at 09:51 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 2050 at 20:51 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Monday, May 23, 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.