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The Moon on Thursday, May 23, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on May 23, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 May 2002364,986 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 23, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
364,986 km226,792 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2002 is on Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 11:51 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 10:45 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 19, 200219:42
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 26, 200211:51

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Thursday, May 23, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 2002 to the new moon of June 10, 2002, a cycle of 29.54 days.