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The Moon on Monday, May 23, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on May 23, 2011Waning Gibbous

Monday 23 May 2011395,743 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 23, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.6% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
395,743 km245,903 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 21:03 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Monday, May 23, 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.