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The Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 2043: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on May 20, 2043Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 May 2043404,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 20, 2043, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
404,559 km251,381 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2043 is on Saturday, May 23, 2043 at 23:37 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 9, 2043 at 03:21 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 15, 204321:05
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 23, 204323:37

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Wednesday, May 20, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 2043 to the new moon of June 7, 2043, a cycle of 29.30 days.