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The Moon on Saturday, May 14, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on May 14, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 14 May 2022368,350 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 14, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
368,350 km228,882 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 2022 is on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 04:14 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 20:28 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Saturday, May 14, 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.