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The Moon on Friday, May 23, 2059: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on May 23, 2059Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 May 2059398,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 23, 2059, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 85.2% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
398,305 km247,495 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2059 is on Tuesday, May 27, 2059 at 08:04 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 2059 at 19:15 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Friday, May 23, 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.