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The Moon on Friday, May 22, 2043: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on May 22, 2043Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 May 2043406,258 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 22, 2043, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
406,258 km252,437 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2043 is on Saturday, May 23, 2043 at 23:37 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 9, 2043 at 03:21 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Friday, May 22, 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.