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The Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on May 12, 2020Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 May 2020386,753 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 12, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.6% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
386,753 km240,317 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2020 is on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 10:45 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:39 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 7, 202010:45
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 14, 202014:03

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Tuesday, May 12, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 2020 to the new moon of May 22, 2020, a cycle of 29.63 days.