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The Moon on Saturday, May 20, 2073: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on May 20, 2073Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 May 2073363,403 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 20, 2073, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
363,403 km225,808 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2073 is on Sunday, May 21, 2073 at 10:02 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 7, 2073 at 06:15 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 14, 207318:59
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 21, 207310:02

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Saturday, May 20, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 2073 to the new moon of June 5, 2073, a cycle of 29.57 days.