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The Moon on Monday, May 12, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on May 12, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Monday 12 May 2014384,678 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 12, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
384,678 km239,028 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2014 is on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 19:16 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 06:14 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Monday, May 12, 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.