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The Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 1967: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on May 16, 1967Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 May 1967378,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 16, 1967, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.2% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
378,277 km235,050 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1967 is on Tuesday, May 23, 1967 at 20:22 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 9, 1967 at 14:56 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 9, 196714:56
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 17, 196705:18

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Tuesday, May 16, 1967 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1967 to the new moon of June 8, 1967, a cycle of 29.60 days.