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The Moon on Thursday, May 20, 2038: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on May 20, 2038Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 May 2038366,614 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 20, 2038, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
366,614 km227,804 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2038 is on Tuesday, May 18, 2038 at 18:23 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 3, 2038 at 00:24 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 18, 203818:23
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 25, 203820:43

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Thursday, May 20, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 2038 to the new moon of June 3, 2038, a cycle of 29.63 days.