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The Moon on Thursday, May 24, 2046: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on May 24, 2046Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 May 2046392,710 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 24, 2046, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 79.4% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
392,710 km244,019 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2046 is on Sunday, May 20, 2046 at 03:15 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 4, 2046 at 15:22 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 20, 204603:15
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 27, 204617:07

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Thursday, May 24, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2046 to the new moon of June 4, 2046, a cycle of 29.52 days.