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The Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2070: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on May 22, 2070Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 May 2070403,398 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 22, 2070, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
403,398 km250,660 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2070 is on Sunday, May 25, 2070 at 01:38 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 10, 2070 at 11:08 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 17, 207002:30
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 25, 207001:38

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Thursday, May 22, 2070 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 2070 to the new moon of June 8, 2070, a cycle of 29.30 days.