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The Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2059: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on May 22, 2059Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 May 2059401,323 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 22, 2059, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 77.7% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
401,323 km249,371 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2059 is on Tuesday, May 27, 2059 at 08:04 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 2059 at 19:15 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Thursday, May 22, 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.