Waning · 99.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°
Moon age
15.7days
Moon phase on May 22, 2016Waning Gibbous
On Sunday, May 22, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
401,351 km249,388 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 22, 2016 is on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 21:15 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Saturday, May 21, 2016 | 21:15 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Sunday, May 29, 2016 | 12:12 |
The Moon around May 22
More about this date
Sunday, May 22, 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.