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The Moon on Monday, May 23, 2061: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on May 23, 2061Waxing Crescent

Monday 23 May 2061370,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 23, 2061, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 22.5% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
370,448 km230,186 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2061 is on Friday, June 3, 2061 at 06:09 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 19, 2061 at 11:03 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 19, 206111:03
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 26, 206104:12

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Monday, May 23, 2061 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2061 to the new moon of June 17, 2061, a cycle of 29.29 days.