Waning · 28.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°
Moon age
24.0days
Moon phase on May 12, 2072Waning Crescent
On Thursday, May 12, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 28.4% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
28.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
402,220 km249,928 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 12, 2072 is on Monday, May 2, 2072 at 11:34 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 2072 at 00:18 UTC, 6 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Tuesday, May 10, 2072 | 03:17 |
| New Moon (after) | Wednesday, May 18, 2072 | 00:18 |
The Moon around May 12
More about this date
Thursday, May 12, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2072 to the new moon of May 18, 2072, a cycle of 29.51 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2072, or the whole moon calendar 2072.
- The same date one year apart: 2071 · 2073.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.