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The Moon on Friday, May 20, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on May 20, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 May 2005384,858 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 20, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
384,858 km239,140 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2005 is on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 20:18 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 08:46 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 16, 200508:57
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 23, 200520:18

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Friday, May 20, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2005 to the new moon of June 6, 2005, a cycle of 29.55 days.