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The Moon on Sunday, May 22, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on May 22, 2072Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 May 2072370,288 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 22, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 23.8% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
370,288 km230,086 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (0°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2072 is on Tuesday, May 31, 2072 at 22:18 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 18, 2072 at 00:18 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 18, 207200:18
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 24, 207221:53

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Sunday, May 22, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2072 to the new moon of June 16, 2072, a cycle of 29.40 days.