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The Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 2078: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on May 24, 2078Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 24 May 2078405,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 24, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 95.1% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
405,560 km252,003 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2078 is on Thursday, May 26, 2078 at 20:23 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 11, 2078 at 17:56 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Tuesday, May 24, 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.