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The Moon on Friday, May 12, 2056: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on May 12, 2056Waning Crescent

Friday 12 May 2056406,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 12, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
406,467 km252,567 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2056 is on Saturday, April 29, 2056 at 18:31 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 2056 at 16:06 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 6, 205613:30
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 14, 205616:06

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Friday, May 12, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 2056 to the new moon of May 14, 2056, a cycle of 29.68 days.