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The Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2007: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on May 24, 2007Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 May 2007399,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 24, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.2% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
399,024 km247,942 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2007 is on Friday, June 1, 2007 at 01:04 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 19:27 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 23, 200721:03
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 1, 200701:04

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Thursday, May 24, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 2007 to the new moon of June 15, 2007, a cycle of 29.32 days.