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The Moon on Tuesday, May 23, 2051: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on May 23, 2051Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 23 May 2051402,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 23, 2051, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
402,810 km250,295 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2051 is on Thursday, May 25, 2051 at 17:35 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 10, 2051 at 10:29 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 17, 205113:30
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 25, 205117:35

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Tuesday, May 23, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 2051 to the new moon of June 8, 2051, a cycle of 29.35 days.