Waxing · 63.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°
Moon age
8.0days
Moon phase on May 23, 1999Waxing Gibbous
On Sunday, May 23, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.0% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
63.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
392,711 km244,019 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 23, 1999 is on Sunday, May 30, 1999 at 06:40 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:05 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, May 22, 1999 | 05:34 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, May 30, 1999 | 06:40 |
The Moon around May 23
More about this date
Sunday, May 23, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1999 to the new moon of June 13, 1999, a cycle of 29.29 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1999, or the whole moon calendar 1999.
- The same date one year apart: 1998 · 2000.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.