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The Moon on Saturday, May 17, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on May 17, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 May 2008403,164 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 17, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
403,164 km250,514 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2008 is on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 02:12 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:18 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 12, 200803:47
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 20, 200802:12

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Saturday, May 17, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 2008 to the new moon of June 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.