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The Moon on Friday, May 17, 2086: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on May 17, 2086Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 May 2086389,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 17, 2086, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 22.3% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
389,224 km241,852 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2086 is on Tuesday, May 28, 2086 at 12:35 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 13, 2086 at 01:41 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 13, 208601:41
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 20, 208611:19

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Friday, May 17, 2086 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 2086 to the new moon of June 11, 2086, a cycle of 29.40 days.