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The Moon on Sunday, May 11, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on May 11, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 11 May 2014389,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 11, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
389,654 km242,119 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 2014 is on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 19:16 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 06:14 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 7, 201403:15
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 14, 201419:16

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Sunday, May 11, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 2014 to the new moon of May 28, 2014, a cycle of 29.52 days.