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The Moon on Friday, May 23, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on May 23, 2008Waning Gibbous

Friday 23 May 2008403,381 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 23, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
403,381 km250,649 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 19:23 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 20, 200802:12
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 28, 200802:57

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Friday, May 23, 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.