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The Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 2050: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on May 24, 2050Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 May 2050395,312 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 24, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 14.0% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
395,312 km245,635 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2050 is on Sunday, June 5, 2050 at 09:51 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 2050 at 20:51 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Tuesday, May 24, 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.