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The Moon on Friday, May 20, 1994: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on May 20, 1994Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 May 1994368,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 20, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
368,885 km229,214 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1994 is on Wednesday, May 25, 1994 at 03:39 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 10, 1994 at 17:07 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 18, 199412:50
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 25, 199403:39

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Friday, May 20, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1994 to the new moon of June 9, 1994, a cycle of 29.64 days.