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The Moon on Sunday, May 23, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on May 23, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 May 2010372,218 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 23, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.3% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
372,218 km231,285 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2010 is on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 23:07 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 01:05 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 20, 201023:43
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 27, 201023:07

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Sunday, May 23, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 2010 to the new moon of June 12, 2010, a cycle of 29.42 days.