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The Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2072: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on May 15, 2072Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 May 2072392,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 15, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 7.0% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
392,031 km243,597 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2072 is on Monday, May 2, 2072 at 11:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 2072 at 00:18 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 10, 207203:17
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 18, 207200:18

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Sunday, May 15, 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.