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The Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 2051: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on May 24, 2051Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 24 May 2051400,544 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 24, 2051, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
400,544 km248,887 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2051 is on Thursday, May 25, 2051 at 17:35 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 10, 2051 at 10:29 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Wednesday, May 24, 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.