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The Moon on Thursday, May 23, 2052: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on May 23, 2052Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 May 2052373,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 23, 2052, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 31.6% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
373,566 km232,123 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2052 is on Monday, May 13, 2052 at 19:00 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 28, 2052 at 10:50 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 21, 205218:15
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 28, 205210:50

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Thursday, May 23, 2052 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 2052 to the new moon of May 28, 2052, a cycle of 29.31 days.