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The Moon on Sunday, May 22, 2078: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on May 22, 2078Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 22 May 2078405,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 22, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 83.9% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
405,135 km251,739 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2078 is on Thursday, May 26, 2078 at 20:23 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 11, 2078 at 17:56 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 18, 207816:16
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 26, 207820:23

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Sunday, May 22, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2078 to the new moon of June 10, 2078, a cycle of 29.33 days.