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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on May 20, 2014Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 20 May 2014368,772 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.0% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
368,772 km229,144 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2014 is on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 19:16 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 18:40 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 14, 201419:16
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 21, 201412:59

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 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.