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The Moon on Friday, May 23, 2070: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on May 23, 2070Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 May 2070405,045 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 23, 2070, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
405,045 km251,683 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2070 is on Sunday, May 25, 2070 at 01:38 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 10, 2070 at 11:08 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Friday, May 23, 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.