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The Moon on Thursday, May 23, 2080: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on May 23, 2080Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 May 2080365,325 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 23, 2080, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
365,325 km227,002 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2080 is on Sunday, June 2, 2080 at 13:46 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 2080 at 10:56 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 19, 208010:56
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 26, 208002:03

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Thursday, May 23, 2080 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2080 to the new moon of June 17, 2080, a cycle of 29.32 days.