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The Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on May 14, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 14 May 2008393,580 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 14, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.4% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
393,580 km244,559 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:18 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 12, 200803:47
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 20, 200802:12

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 2008 to the new moon of June 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.