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The Moon on Wednesday, May 23, 2068: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on May 23, 2068Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 23 May 2068371,215 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 23, 2068, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 59.6% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
371,215 km230,662 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2068 is on Thursday, May 17, 2068 at 05:35 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 31, 2068 at 04:03 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 17, 206805:35
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 24, 206808:00

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Wednesday, May 23, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 2068 to the new moon of May 31, 2068, a cycle of 29.41 days.