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The Moon on Monday, May 23, 1994: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on May 23, 1994Waxing Gibbous

Monday 23 May 1994359,151 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 23, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
359,151 km223,166 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1994 is on Wednesday, May 25, 1994 at 03:39 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 10, 1994 at 17:07 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Monday, May 23, 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.