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The Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on May 22, 2053Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 May 2053366,542 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 22, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
366,542 km227,759 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2053 is on Sunday, June 1, 2053 at 11:02 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 18, 2053 at 03:43 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 18, 205303:43
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 24, 205318:04

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Thursday, May 22, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2053 to the new moon of June 16, 2053, a cycle of 29.30 days.