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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2059: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on May 20, 2059Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 May 2059404,282 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 2059, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 60.2% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
404,282 km251,209 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2059 is on Tuesday, May 27, 2059 at 08:04 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 2059 at 19:15 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 19, 205910:23
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 27, 205908:04

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 2059 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2059 to the new moon of June 10, 2059, a cycle of 29.45 days.