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The Moon on Saturday, May 23, 2071: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on May 23, 2071Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 May 2071393,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 23, 2071, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 38.0% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
393,253 km244,356 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2071 is on Thursday, May 14, 2071 at 03:24 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 29, 2071 at 11:17 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 22, 207106:19
New Moon (after)Friday, May 29, 207111:17

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Saturday, May 23, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2071 to the new moon of May 29, 2071, a cycle of 29.37 days.