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The Moon on Friday, May 22, 2048: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 65.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on May 22, 2048Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 May 2048379,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 22, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 65.6% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
379,934 km236,080 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2048 is on Wednesday, May 27, 2048 at 18:57 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 12, 2048 at 20:58 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 21, 204800:16
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 27, 204818:57

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Friday, May 22, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 2048 to the new moon of June 11, 2048, a cycle of 29.66 days.