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The Moon on Friday, May 16, 2059: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on May 16, 2059Waxing Crescent

Friday 16 May 2059395,605 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 16, 2059, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 23.2% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
395,605 km245,817 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2059 is on Tuesday, May 27, 2059 at 08:04 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 2059 at 19:15 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 11, 205919:15
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 19, 205910:23

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Friday, May 16, 2059 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2059 to the new moon of June 10, 2059, a cycle of 29.45 days.