Waning · 100.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°
Full Moon at
11:09UTC
Moon phase on May 17, 2011Full Moon
On Tuesday, May 17, 2011, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
365,262 km226,963 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Flower Moon, 365,155 km from Earth. Supermoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 17, 2011 is on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 06:51 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Tuesday, May 10, 2011 | 20:33 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 | 11:09 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Tuesday, May 24, 2011 | 18:52 |
The Moon around May 17
More about this date
Tuesday, May 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2011, or the whole moon calendar 2011.
- The same date one year apart: 2010 · 2012.
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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.