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The Moon on Monday, May 23, 2078: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on May 23, 2078Waxing Gibbous

Monday 23 May 2078405,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 23, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
405,796 km252,150 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2078 is on Thursday, May 26, 2078 at 20:23 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 11, 2078 at 17:56 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Monday, May 23, 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.