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The Moon on Monday, May 16, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on May 16, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 May 2011362,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 16, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
362,927 km225,512 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 10, 201120:33
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 17, 201111:09

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Monday, May 16, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 2011 to the new moon of June 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.59 days.