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The Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on May 15, 2014Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 May 2014371,780 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 15, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
371,780 km231,013 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2014 is on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 19:16 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 18:40 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 14, 201419:16
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 21, 201412:59

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Thursday, May 15, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 2014 to the new moon of May 28, 2014, a cycle of 29.52 days.