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The Moon on Tuesday, May 22, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on May 22, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 22 May 2040382,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 22, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 80.5% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
382,385 km237,603 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2040 is on Saturday, May 26, 2040 at 11:47 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 2040 at 03:28 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Tuesday, May 22, 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.