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The Moon on Sunday, May 24, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on May 24, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 May 2026386,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 24, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.0% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
386,477 km240,146 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2026 is on Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 08:45 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 20:01 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 23, 202611:11
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 31, 202608:45

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Sunday, May 24, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 2026 to the new moon of June 15, 2026, a cycle of 29.29 days.