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The Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on May 29, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 29 May 2012376,240 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 29, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.3% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
376,240 km233,784 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2012 is on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 28, 201220:16
Full Moon (after)Monday, June 4, 201211:12

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 2012 to the new moon of June 19, 2012, a cycle of 29.64 days.