Waning · 94.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°
Moon age
17.0days
Moon phase on May 22, 2008Waning Gibbous
On Thursday, May 22, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
405,128 km251,735 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 22, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 19:23 UTC, 12 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Tuesday, May 20, 2008 | 02:12 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, May 28, 2008 | 02:57 |
The Moon around May 22
More about this date
Thursday, May 22, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2008, or the whole moon calendar 2008.
- The same date one year apart: 2007 · 2009.
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