Waxing · 15.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°
Moon age
3.3days
Moon phase on May 17, 1991Waxing Crescent
On Friday, May 17, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.4% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
15.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
363,144 km225,647 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 17, 1991 is on Tuesday, May 28, 1991 at 11:37 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 14, 1991 at 04:36 UTC, 3 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, May 14, 1991 | 04:36 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, May 20, 1991 | 19:46 |
The Moon around May 17
More about this date
Friday, May 17, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1991 to the new moon of June 12, 1991, a cycle of 29.31 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1991, or the whole moon calendar 1991.
- The same date one year apart: 1990 · 1992.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.