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The Moon on Sunday, May 23, 2055: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on May 23, 2055Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 May 2055400,847 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 23, 2055, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
400,847 km249,074 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2055 is on Tuesday, May 11, 2055 at 02:32 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 26, 2055 at 12:57 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 18, 205511:30
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 26, 205512:57

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Sunday, May 23, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2055 to the new moon of May 26, 2055, a cycle of 29.57 days.