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The Moon on Thursday, May 12, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on May 12, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 May 2022379,503 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 12, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.0% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
379,503 km235,812 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2022 is on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 04:14 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 20:28 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 9, 202200:22
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 16, 202204:14

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Thursday, May 12, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 2022 to the new moon of May 30, 2022, a cycle of 29.63 days.