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The Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 2054: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on May 20, 2054Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 May 2054382,795 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 20, 2054, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
382,795 km237,858 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2054 is on Thursday, May 21, 2054 at 15:16 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 7, 2054 at 17:01 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 14, 205413:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 21, 205415:16

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Wednesday, May 20, 2054 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 2054 to the new moon of June 6, 2054, a cycle of 29.40 days.