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The Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on May 24, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 May 2040370,937 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 24, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
370,937 km230,489 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2040 is on Saturday, May 26, 2040 at 11:47 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 2040 at 03:28 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Thursday, May 24, 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.