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The Moon on Monday, May 24, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on May 24, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 May 1999397,137 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 24, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
397,137 km246,769 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1999 is on Sunday, May 30, 1999 at 06:40 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at 12:05 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 22, 199905:34
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 30, 199906:40

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Monday, May 24, 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.