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The Moon on Sunday, May 20, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on May 20, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 20 May 2040393,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 20, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 62.0% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
393,608 km244,576 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2040 is on Saturday, May 26, 2040 at 11:47 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 2040 at 03:28 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 19, 204007:01
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 26, 204011:47

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Sunday, May 20, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2040 to the new moon of June 9, 2040, a cycle of 29.61 days.