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The Moon on Friday, May 20, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on May 20, 2011Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 May 2011379,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 20, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.5% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
379,380 km235,736 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 21:03 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 17, 201111:09
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 24, 201118:52

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Friday, May 20, 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.