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The Moon on Sunday, May 22, 1994: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on May 22, 1994Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 22 May 1994361,084 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 22, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
361,084 km224,367 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1994 is on Wednesday, May 25, 1994 at 03:39 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 10, 1994 at 17:07 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Sunday, May 22, 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.