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The Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2070: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on May 15, 2070Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 May 2070373,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 15, 2070, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 32.8% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
373,140 km231,858 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2070 is on Sunday, May 25, 2070 at 01:38 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 10, 2070 at 11:08 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 10, 207011:08
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 17, 207002:30

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Thursday, May 15, 2070 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 2070 to the new moon of June 8, 2070, a cycle of 29.30 days.