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The Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on May 15, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 May 2011362,122 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 15, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
362,122 km225,012 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Sunday, May 15, 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.