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The Moon on Friday, May 31, 2052: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on May 31, 2052Waxing Crescent

Friday 31 May 2052368,071 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 31, 2052, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 13.4% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
368,071 km228,709 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 2052 is on Wednesday, June 12, 2052 at 10:27 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 28, 2052 at 10:50 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 28, 205210:50
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 4, 205206:49

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Friday, May 31, 2052 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 28, 2052 to the new moon of June 26, 2052, a cycle of 29.29 days.