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The Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2074: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on May 24, 2074Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 May 2074406,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 24, 2074, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
406,568 km252,629 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2074 is on Friday, May 11, 2074 at 02:18 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 25, 2074 at 22:44 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 17, 207420:39
New Moon (after)Friday, May 25, 207422:44

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Thursday, May 24, 2074 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 2074 to the new moon of May 25, 2074, a cycle of 29.66 days.