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The Moon on Saturday, May 14, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on May 14, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 14 May 2011362,811 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 14, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
362,811 km225,440 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 10, 201120:33
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 17, 201111:09

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Saturday, May 14, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2011 to the new moon of June 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.59 days.