Waxing · 58.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°
Moon age
7.7days
Moon phase on May 14, 2016Waxing Gibbous
On Saturday, May 14, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.0% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
58.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
396,263 km246,226 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 14, 2016 is on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 21:15 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 19:30 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Friday, May 13, 2016 | 17:02 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, May 21, 2016 | 21:15 |
The Moon around May 14
More about this date
Saturday, May 14, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2016 to the new moon of June 5, 2016, a cycle of 29.31 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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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.