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The Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2087: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on May 22, 2087Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 May 2087392,190 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 22, 2087, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
392,190 km243,695 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2087 is on Saturday, May 17, 2087 at 15:55 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 1, 2087 at 01:39 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 17, 208715:55
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 25, 208710:41

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Thursday, May 22, 2087 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 2087 to the new moon of June 1, 2087, a cycle of 29.32 days.