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The Moon on Wednesday, May 23, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on May 23, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 May 2040376,459 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 23, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
376,459 km233,921 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2040 is on Saturday, May 26, 2040 at 11:47 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 2040 at 03:28 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Wednesday, May 23, 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.