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The Moon on Friday, May 29, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on May 29, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 May 2026403,945 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 29, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
403,945 km251,000 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2026 is on Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 08:45 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 20:01 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Friday, May 29, 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.